That's horrible! In case like these I'd encourage the old eye-for-an-eye, arm-for-an-arm. If he's been thus punished the 1st case it would ghave rendered him armless & 'armless.

>I think the poster child for the death penalty - and applying it to heinous acts short of first degree murder - is a fellow in California named Larry Singleton ( google it ) who picked up a hitchhiker, viciously sexually assaulted her and then for some reason cut off her forearms with an ax and left her to die. She didn't. He went to prison - and was out in 8 years and within, I believe, 6 months committed first degree murder. Of course the death penalty would have have been cruel and unfortunately unusual in California. He died in prison. The first girls forearms did not grow back. The second woman remained dead.
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>>It is also extremely effective in reducing recidivism <s>
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>>Actually, that's a good point.
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>>Every years, convicted murderers wind up injuring and killing other inmates and prison workers. Sometimes convicted murderers escape.
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>>Make no mistake - the death penalty, even the most "quiet" form of it (lethal injection), is cruel....it's vicious...and the majority of Americans still believe it's the best way to deal with those who commit 1st degree murder.