I have a cut-and-paste reply to these kinds of articles when they are first reported.
“Fearless Forecast:
1) He was out on parole
2) He has committed serious crimes that were plea-bargained down to a lesser charge
3) He has a record as long as your arm
4) All of the above”
Some newspapers delete that comment - one said they were afraid of a libel suit. Each time, it turns out I’m right - or at least 2) and 3) (not bragging - just going by past experience).
Our Judicial System has turned out to be a revolving door justice, and when an occasional citizen does their job for them by taking out the Bad Guy, there are cries of “vigilante justice”. What do they expect?
The problem isn’t the judicial system. The cost of prosecuting and housing every criminal forever for every crime they have committed would bankrupt the country. The problem is a social welfare system that created an unlimited demand for the Euric Cain’s of the world, and as a result we have an unlimited supply of them.