, Baby still dead.
So what?
It's not about bringing that baby back to life - it's about proteccting other babies from suffering the same fate.
Now I grant you, there is a philosophical difference of opinion on this matter. Some people feel that if criminals and potential criminals see that someone like this... thing... is convicted, and then whipped into a bloody mess in the public square with barbed wire, and then hanged by his own entrails while he's set on fire, that those criminals and potential criminals will think twice before commiting a heinous crime, and in that way, lives will be saved.
Some people disagree.
I confess to be of the former persuasion. YMMV.