well Charles the only reason I have to keep him alive is that HE WANTS the death penalty . he will then become a marter to the rest of islam . why give him anything he truly wants make him spend every day wishing he was dead instead that would be the more cruel punishment . and on a second note do you think that there is really a prison system in America where he would actually live out the rest of his life . things seem to happen to these kind of people in the slammer and they aren't nearly as swift or done in a just manner .