This was political terrorism, committed by the proto-fascist Christian right, against a democratically elected representative. No! They should learn from Norway. Sentencing someone for eternity doesn't help anyone, what's more he is most unlikely to repeat his action. A more humane sentence would allow society to learn something and prepare him and itself for his release. No! They should learn from Norway. Sentencing someone for eternity doesn't help anyone, what's more he is most unlikely to repeat his action. A more humane sentence would allow society to learn something and prepare him and itself for his release. It's quite difficult for me to understand how a man with a serious mental illness, that included delusions and paranoia, deserves the hate I read expressed here. I wonder if anyone has any detail or facts that prove 'beyond reasonable doubt' that his illness played no part in these appalling killings. I'm somewhat biased, in that I've read of occasions when the US has also executed children, and people with learning difficulties. I want to understand, but I'm struggling with a sense of revulsion for vengeance that is over and above the revulsion I feel for the acts themselves. I expect and understand blood lust from those close to the victims, but would like to understand the positions of those who have no time for any form of mitigation. So many comments on here reveal how small the humanity of the poster is. This man was ill when he committed these crimes. He