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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 5846693" data-attributes="member: 232">In real life we don't have the Joker so you need a better example.  So, why don't we just kill the serial killer?  Well, plenty of states do have death row.  And the ones that don't put him away for life.  When you capture these guys if it is known that they are just going to get shot in the head and killed then they are not going to want to get captured.  So, you'll place a lot of lives at risk trying to capture someone who is fighting for his life.  It would make the job of policemen much harder and more dangerous.  Also, where do you draw the line?  If he killed two people you let the courts handle it but if he killed three you just shot him.  Or maybe something different.  Then you come to the difficult part of knowing who he killed.  What if you are wrong and you kill the wrong person?For a comics example just look at the Punisher.  He does kill the bad guys, it doesn't always work out for him.</blockquote>