Antonie Dixon (the machete guy) dead

So here is my ten cents worth (preparing to be slated for this)...but I actually think this is really sad.

Its sad because he was someones son, someones brothers, someones nephew and someones grandson. He did some horrific things and deserved to be punished, but somehow I cant help thinking that the system failed him in some way. Whether he was failed as a child, failed as a very disturbed adult who needed some mental health, failed as an inmate - because even if we wish they were dead - we live in a society that chooses to lock people up for life rather than give them the death sentance. I dont for one minute imagine that prison is easy - especially not for someone who is mentally unstable.  I used to know a well known serial offender (not very well, but I knew him all the same) that committed some horrible horrible crimes against women and girls, and to be honest the thought of him sitting in prison for the rest of his life - to think about his crimes, feel remorse and hopefully get the "help" he needs, makes me feel better than if he had been executed. Obviously the victims probably feel differently.