It is always a tragedy when such crimes occur.

And since, as someone above pointed out, these crimes happen in all cultures and religions, there is no support for making any political points about it. The best that can be done, is to appreciate that another of these horrible people has been stopped.

I agree Igor,

The trouble is, as I mentioned earlier, in the UK he can be out in 5 years, even less if he is a super good boy,HAL AL Menu, the rehab doesn't work, and when he does get out, he jumps the housing line,anonymity put in place,different ID, total benefits for him and his family,and what do we think he will be getting up to with all the spare time on his hands,it happens all to often,when the Criminal gets better treatment than the victim,and yes it is right across the divide of all cultures and religions, I just wonder how his victims will be treated,when they apply for social housing, the truth is,it's a F-----g joke.

Igor, I don't know how the Law works in the States,but in the UK we have had cases where BABY'S had been Raped, beaten to death, starved,burnt with Cigarettes,and because the offenders were on drugs, they claim,Diminished Responsibility,and are getting away with paltry sentences,the Law-I am afraid to say has got a lot to answer for,it's all very well patting ourselves on the back for not having the death penalty, and I am not really sure that it would be a proper deterrent to most of the idiots that are intent on blowing themselves up anyway,but it would certainly take this filth out of society,stop clogging up the already overcrowded prisons, just get rid of them,animals treat their young better

I know prison is a punishment, but I see it more as a weeding out of those who would take away the rights of peaceful people to live without being raped, robbed, murdered or any other type of crime that they can come up with.

Maybe when some of these people are released, they could go to the neighbourhood of those who think they should get out early. See if they worry about their lives or family.

can i hear an AMEN......for those catholic priests,
protestant pastors and jewish rabbis, along with this
muslim cleric, who are all equally adept in the
art of *fleecing their flocks...

The reason why I am overall opposed to PUNISHMENT per se, is precisely because I too have seen too many cases of the most vile acts being "punished" by the legal system, with nothing at all positive resulting.

For one thing, people who do such things are never caused to become valuable members of society, safe to have among us. Punishment only works for people who commit crimes for the sake of personal convenience, from what I've seen. The horrid people we speak of here, respond to the threat of punishment by putting their energy into hiding what they do.

And I am at least of two minds about it. Intellectually, I would have it be so that all such people who have committed anything approaching such crimes, be perhaps branded on their face, so that forever after, it would be known that they must not be trusted. I would have most of them permanently jailed. At the same time, I have had friends murdered, and I know that my emotional reaction is that I would like to carefully drive a bulldozer over the killer's bodies, and then use the machine to shove what remained into a shallow ravine for burial, or perhaps be fed to other creatures which are not a part of our food chain.

But punishment, no. Punishment implies that such a person can be forgiven and redeemed. I don't personally believe that they can be.

Now. If it is one day discovered that people with such proclivities in their physiology can be identified through blood or other tests, and appropriately repaired through chemistry or perhaps brain surgery, I would alter my views accordingly.

In a nutshell, so to speak, these are not acts of a sane person who has made poor choices. They are creatures who are fundamentally too abnormal to have amongst the rest of us.

To me, it seems the rich and the ruling class can get away with a lot more. Look at the church. There have been accusations of cover ups in sexual assault cases. Then, I remember one case awhile ago, a young man got off because he had been to spoiled and did not know about consequences. It seems that whenever you watch the news, someone is able to sidestep the full force of the law.

Yeah,Igor,Brave New World,punish People before they commit a Crime!
Seems work along this line has already taken place 3/4 of a Century ago!
What about those the Body Politic "can't repair"?
Hartheim Castle all over again?