It is a tough one. I guess it depends in large part on what one thinks about the death penalty in general (a question on which I am conflicted). It's perhaps worth noting that a death tally like that might plausibly have resulted in a war crimes tribunal under different circumstances.
I doubt that he was doing these things for the sake of killing pets and people, but I think that there is, at least, something to be said for putting "clean-hands" crimes like these on the same level as those in which the perpetrator is actually going out and killing people retail (as opposed to wholesale, as in this case).
Supposing that he were instead sentenced to community service, it might be an interesting exercise to consider what type of community service might be most appropriate. 20 years as an assistant janitor in human and veterinarian clinics, perhaps?
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Date: 2007-06-14 02:08 am (UTC)I doubt that he was doing these things for the sake of killing pets and people, but I think that there is, at least, something to be said for putting "clean-hands" crimes like these on the same level as those in which the perpetrator is actually going out and killing people retail (as opposed to wholesale, as in this case).
Supposing that he were instead sentenced to community service, it might be an interesting exercise to consider what type of community service might be most appropriate. 20 years as an assistant janitor in human and veterinarian clinics, perhaps?