I find it amazing that Ted Bundy, against whom there was a preponderance of evidence of him being responsible for a score of serial killings, was offered a plea bargain by the State of Florida. His own egotistic conviction that he was smarter than the justice system resulted in his not pleading, and eventually being convicted of murder and sentenced to die. I believe that that verdict was the correct one, and I am glad he was executed for his crimes.

I believe that much senseless killing is the result of a kind of autism. Individuals who manifest this autism are completely devoid of any sympathy for other human beings, and instead experience them as objects to be feared, desired or abused as suits their whim. I also believe such individuals are no more capable of understanding concepts like regret or redemption than a shark who has just completed a kill.