>> But what do you do? The death penalty is flawed in many ways, not least
>> in what it brings out in people. Life imprisonment is problematic in many ways including
>> our motivation for it. And for sure he shouldn't walk away.
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>> What does one do with people who have no place in society?
Life imprisonment seems the least worst option. Probably in reasonably civilised conditions; the punishment is isolation not having to poop in a bucket.
The death penalty has no place in a civilised society. There are the best part of a dozen convicted of terror offences in NI who'd have swung only for convictions to be found unsafe later.
In his case it may be worth waiting for the psychiatric reports and what plea is entered/accepted by the Judge. I'd expect the sentencing remarks to be published.
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