I think a big part of it is revenge, but more it is a ritual, an act of cleansing that rids society of the horror.
I dont intellectually support capital punishment, but I feel ambivalent, it would not trouble me for someone like this to be killed. And if necessary, i would be prepared be the one that dropped the hatch.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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