Sometimes I think results like this are better than the death penalty.

Even if he 'snapped' and the mental illness theory is true, his life is finished. Who will love him? Who can trust him? He can never rebuild a brilliant career, if he gets a job at all.

It's a lifetime of solitary, with the memory of what he did. If his tears and grief were real, that torture will be compounded.

I suspect he will do himself in at some point.