Mental illness is irrelevant. Persons capable of such violence must be permanently incarcerated, no parole ever, for the protection of the rest of society,

Sad case but the son should be in jail or prison hospital for the rest of his life.

Y'all sound like that guy in the 90's who wanted capital punishment for the Central Park Five, even before the trial.

Read the article. He has been tried and convicted Mat

Mr. Lyle has severe mental illnesses, deserves incarceration at a mental illness facility, not a prison. Prisons do not treat mental illness, nor are they designed to do so, however mental hospitals do incarcerate while treating the illness. That is where Mr. Lyle belongs. The Judge knew Lyle suffers delusional dysfunction illness, yet did not allow the please change after Lyle had an attorney, gave the attorney a week to prepare for the trial and disallowed mental illness evidence entirely. A jury can only decide from the facts presented, not facts omitted. Had that evidence been allowed in court, it may well have delivered an entirely different verdict.
Appears easy for some people to Monday morning Quarterback, based on limited information. Just as a Jury did.
Lyle definitely needs to pay for what he did, but should serve his time in the proper venue, and with a sentence to keep him there far longer in a mental hospital, than the court can sentence him to a statutory prison term.