I read where executing a killer costs almost as much as a year in prison. Being alone with no one to talk to, in a small cell the rest of your life - living or really not living but just existing is worse i think.
I agree with you, I would prefer to be dead than be housed in a cell for 23 hours a day.
I think the cost for execution is MUCH more than a life in prison. But most of it is due to the prolonged legal battles, reviews, requests, more reviews, hearings, etc. A bunch of lawyers at $500 an hour over twenty plus years adds up!
It would seem to me that with these mass shootings the perpetrator is usually pretty clear who it is (conspiracies not with-standing). So I would like to think a short trial could be expected. (Aren’t most of them killed during the response anyway?)
Sorry, but when you gotta feed em, medicate em, now give them ‘non emergency’ surgery etc better off just eliminating the problem.
That is why I said deserted island and let them fend for themselves...