+1 to The Walrus's idea of legalization.

Not that I would partake, mind you...It's always struck me as patently absurd that I can legally talk up anybody in any public place, retire to their or my domcile, engage in any act of carnality imagineable, and then go our seperate ways after a few hours, never meeting again, never even knowing the other's name. However, give them a bill or two before or after the same act, and it's criminal. Whoever wrote that law should be beaten about the head, shoulders, and crotch. Give them something to focus on besides foisting their morality on everyone else.

Back on topic, perhaps if your killer were to know he had a fair chance of receiving a blade or three slugs in the chest, or even a jolt from a Taser or shot of bear spray, he'd think twice about butchering people. Reap what you sow I guess.

Adrian