It’s dehumanizing. Most of so-called monsters are made, and with proper social and holistic treatment could be rehabilitated and reintegrated. But it’s work, and perhaps more importantly, money from the coffers of those with far more wealth than a hundred generations could ever meaningfully use.

Power gives people the freedom to act as they choose, and they choose a lot of nastiness. Does it not make sense that unconstrained choices represent who a person truly is?

Perhaps who they have become. What if these people had loving, supportive homes? Why can’t we utilize* their wealth for everyone who doesn’t or hasn’t had, including them? What if we reimagine re-education as therapy, and education about their own trauma reactions and redirected them to healthier thinking and behaviors, for as long as it takes? Maybe some are too far gone. Are they not human beings deserving of humans care?