Well isn't this just sweet?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/…200803181.html

So then, at roughly $50k/yr and maybe 50 years expected life, we get to pay $2.5 million for the privilege of keeping this animal around? The real victims of this crime (at least the ones lucky enough to survive his rampage) will actually get to contribute toward keeping him comfortable for all his days with paid health care and cable tv. Talk about a slap in the face. You enlightened folks will have to explain to me how that can possibly be a reasonable result.