I’m probably alone on this one; but I don’t care if they are crazy as a loon. I don’t care if in their culture, this sort of thing is typical and normal. I don’t care if they are a minority, had a rough childhood, lost a job or broke their shoelace.
You see, to my way of thinking, this is unfair to the person who knew what he was doing and did it anyway. Why should the person who knew evil be punished more than the nut job who didn’t?
Our criminal system exists to protect society. So, let’s save everyone some money, fasten some lead weights on these vermin and dump them in the Great Salt Lake and have them feed the brine shrimp for the long, cold winter months. This way, they can contriubute something back to society.
By actual definition, anyone who would performs and assists crimes like this is “insane” - not normal.
They still should be executed. Execution is way under-used.
I agree with you except that drowning them is mean. Just shoot them first, two in the heart, one in the head. I have always thought that insanity should not be an excuse. There are lots of crazy people out there who don’t commit these sorts of crimes. And as GS pointed out, sociopaths are quite capable of faking mental illness when it suits them.