Ivy, yes, all that wishful thinking created VICAP, which is the largest database of crimes and fingerprints which helps to actually, you know, solve crime. These criminals are studied for a reason. By helping investigators to understand them, they can help us to solve other crimes or to help stop sociopaths before they harm others. You can call it wishful thinking, but I call it results.
Of all the murderers currently sitting in prison, only a very, very tiny fraction have been "studied." Like I said above, most of them are simply warehoused. And we don't need to study every single one, allowing them free room and board for the rest of their lives, to better understand killers and their psyche. If you were honest, you'd admit you're only making this argument because you're against the death penalty. Not because whatever understanding we have has come from allowing countless killers to be spared capital punishment.
