What about the MANY MANY years of life he took from his mother and sister? Plus the pain and suffering his family endured before they finally passed away. I cant believe how many people are talking this lunatic's side...

He deserves 20+ years jail time. No doubt about it.

Why is it people admit this guy was mentally unstable, yet still believe in punitive action for the crime? It's the same as saying a mentally incompetent person should still be held accountable to the same extent a mentally competent person should. Which is complete and utter bullshit. A disproportionate number of people who get sentenced to death row or life in prison are mentally retarded. Same thing with individual's with mental illness. Punishment is not an answer to the problem, it's the avoidance of it.

Plus, he shot them. He failed to kill them with the first bullets, so he shot them again to put them out of their pain, in his own words. This isn't like he skinned them alive or something for the sheer fun of it. If anything, he killed them in the most humane way he believed he could. So please, stop exaggerating the details with speculative reasoning. Everybody feels pain from death to a degree. Deliberate infliction of pain for the sake of pain would merit attention, not if it's just a side effect of the intent.

And again, an eye for an eye makes everybody blind. If his family is already devastated from the murders, sending the remaining family member to 20 years in prison is hardly the best way to alleviate any anguish relatives might feel. Rehabilitation, in hopes that he can become a safe, functioning member of society is a much more effective, and potentially rewarding, reaction than prison.