...and this is depressing even to read about

[volksdragon]

I wonder how people justify this as being somehow more humane than a death-sentence.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060504/ts_nm/security_moussaoui_cell_dc

Comments

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Sure. Hence my agreement that he isn't to be trusted around other people and should be locked up indefinitely: he knew murders were going to happen, and he wanted them to happen, so he didn't take reasonable action to stop them. Treat him like any other SOB who has demonstrated criminal contempt for the lives and rights of others and put him away.

Still, equating his actions with actually carrying out the murders is not right, and to do so trivializes the actual act. While it's a tempting urge when the murderers are all dead, the genuine conspirators have been allowed to slip away, and the people who bear primary responsibility for failing to stop the murders are government officials the government doesn't see fit to prosecute, ritual punishment of scapegoats is not a worthy purpose for our justice system.