Unfortunately, the victims of murder and their families are rarely organized and commonly lack knowledge of how to make their case and pressure the system. Absent such opposition, the killer and his advocates get to spin the details of the crime in a mitigating or even false way while claiming that the killer has become a prodigy of rehabilitation and potential candidate for sainthood.
The media wouldn’t even let them make their case; they are completely ignored, while the perps are lionized.
Jail has just become a continuation of public assistance for our permanent underclass, and states simply don’t have the money anymore.