Originally Posted by
SUCCESSOR
Well that is a prejudice on your part. Therapy has been proven to work, especially with people who have emotional problems. Prison on the other hand is proven to not work, and in fact does harm. You call him a child killer like he abducted a kid and left him/her in a ditch. I don't know if you have kids but if/when you do you realize that they cause an amount of stress on you that is significantly higher than most people deal with. Some people cannot cope with that level of stress, they haven't learned how to deal with the situation and they freak out. This isn't an excuse for the crime but it is significantly different than someone who kills for other reasons. Therapy, parenting classes, and the shame of his actions will teach him the lesson far more than any punishment that can be given. There is a reason you don't really see repeat offenders of people who killed because of stress.
Have you heard of the saying, "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind"?