He would just sit in his cell and think about the day he dies and the beginging of his martyrdom when that happens.
After all he is an 'innocent' warrior of allah that has been 'unjustly' jailed in the jihiad against the west.
To those that would call him a hero, he will be a hero no matter if he lives or dies and regardless of when it happens.
Taxing our financial resources at every turn is one of the fronts on the war on terrorism.
Another thing to consider here is precident. Are we to capture and care for ( the rest of their lives) every terrorist? Think on that one for a minute and then tell me how many you seek to capture and care for for the rest of their lives.
Remember now that a third of our federal prisons are illegal immigrants now and that is just basic crimes not jihadi terrorism.
Where would you draw that line? A hundred thousand?1 million? Ten?