[bestintxas]

There should be nothing but the death penalty for an animal like this.

he can never rejoin society he has chosen to destroy so he has no reason to suck up taxpayer’s money for many years.

[Sherman Logan]

Thank the federal death penalty, which applied because Loughner shot people at a federally protected political event.

This doesn't make a lot of sense.

AZ has well over 100 people on death row, and I assume he committed AZ crimes punishable by death.

So even without a federal death penalty Loughner would have been facing possible execution.

I assume.

[libstripper]

One other great advantage of the death penalty, when it’s imposed but not executed, isa that it often amounts to a life without parole because the subhuman is kept locked up on death row endlessly appealing the penalty, often until he dies naturally or gets shanked.

[Don Corleone]

60 or more years feeding on the taxpayers for food, shelter, TV and medical care. That’s justice for slaughtering people isn’t it? Fry him!!!

[Hodar]

And for the rest of his life, he will enjoy 3 meals a day, medical care and a cot to sleep on. This will cost the taxpayers more than sending him to Oxford, each and every year of his life.

Funny, his victims didn’t get any choice in their role in all of this.

[Night Hides Not]

One of my favorite movies is "A Law Abiding Citizen". I only wish the movie ended in Clyde's favor, but I'm in a very un-PC mood at the moment, thanks to my reading of the new, improved HAMP 2.0.

But that's another story for another day.

[zeestephen]

I don’t understand the chain of events.

14 months ago this guy was declared incompetent to stand trial.

Are they claiming he was competent when he committed the murders?

Then - after the murders - he became incompetent?

Then - after taking medication - he became competent again?

Now that he’s competent, does he go to a regular maximum security facility?

If he murders a fellow prisoner, does this dance start over again?

[Moonman62]

Without the death penalty, the prosecutors wouldn’t have a had a bargaining chip to get the plea.