Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.This man should have been dead decades ago. The effect of the huge delay in delivering his punishment is reflected in the behavior of so many today.
— Ecclesiastes 8:11
Trying to find a silver lining here, consider this. The POS got to serve a life term first and then be executed. Win-win if you ask me.
That combined with the ever increasing likelihood of having an initial death sentence overturned have destroyed the preventative effect of capital punishment.
If criminals convicted of a capital crime were put to death in the same year...while the crime is still fresh in everyone’s minds...capital punishment would not doubt have a preventative effect in the minds of criminals thinking about a capital crime.