BTK Killer Gets Life

Today BTK killer Dennis Rader was sentenced to life in prison on 10 counts of premeditated murder. The 10 counts are to be served consecutively. CNN FOXNews.com

Rader will be behind bars for the rest of his life. He has one case with aggrevating factors which requires he serve a minimum of 40 years. The other 9 cases require a minimum of 15 years. So he will be eligle for parole in 175 years. Rader, 60, will live out his days behind bars, in a cell with three square meals a day. The man who took numerous lives between 1974 and 1991. My question is this: WHY? The answer from CNN:

Rader could not face the death penalty because Kansas did not reinstate capital punishment until 1994, three years after his last killing.

Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty? What about the lives he took. Can they be reinstated? I think not. Rader should face the same fate as the people he murdered. Below are some comments from family members:

His sister, Carmen Otero Montoya, addressed him only as Rader, saying she would not give him the satisfaction of calling him BTK. "Rader is an appropriate name for you, as in one who invades, a surprise attack. That is nothing to be proud of," she said. "My mother against your gun, you are such a coward," she added. "This monster took her life," said Fred Fox, whose sister Nancy Fox was one of Rader's 10 victims. "I hope his sentence is the worst it can be and that he be put away for the rest of his life." "He snuffed out 10 people's lives who had done nothing," said Kevin Bright, who was injured by Rader and whose sister Kathryn Bright was killed. "My sister, she suffered so much. ... I pray he'll get the toughest sentence possible."