Many of these mass shooters and/or killers look to be mentally ill and are trying to get shot by law enforcement. So the death penalty would not be much of a deterrent as brought up by another poster.
I recall a deranged woman in Reno, Nevada running down people in her car. That made news for a long time. Sadly these events have become almost a daily occurrence.
Priscilla Ford - Wikipedia
Victims identified in deadly car ramming near downtown Reno homeless shelter | KRNV And I had not even heard of this of man running down pedestrians last month in Reno, Nevada.
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Turner was arrested on one count of open murder and two counts of attempted murder after telling police he drove into the pedestrians on purpose.
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