Yes they should. And we are supposed to show mercy and all, but after my wife's uncle was murdered by a couple of scumbags, it's hard not to want the sick sobs to go out the exact same way. (Was beaten to death with a socket wrench, what was left was difficult to recognize). No death penalty in WI by the way, and was a third strike for the effers, so the didn't want any witnesses. Their words.
You have my sympathy and I can relate. My oldest brother, a guy who would, and did, do anything to help someone else, was murdered in the basement of his home back in Ohio. He was shot with a shotgun and left to die. The investigation revealed that he did not die immediately and he tried to crawl across the floor and up the stairs where his phone (a land line, this happened long before cell phones) was located before he finally succumbed to his injuries. The individual who did it was seeking revenge because my brother interceded when the POS was assaulting his girlfriend in a grocery store parking lot.
I see no real reason to let them get their affairs in order but that's just me. I'm going to Hell, too, so might as well do it up right.
So, not a big fan of the 8th Amendment, eh?
I think he does this dog & pony show for every pending execution, mainly for his own political benefit.
And he is probably pro abortion too. Don't know, will have to check.
