To wonder why people jump to calling people who murder other prisoners heros?

Prisoners have a hierarchy of scum. Because they’ve done scummy things themselves, they like to find people who’ve done scummier things than they have, and dole out punishments to make themselves feel like upstanding citizens. Murderers are better than rapists, who in turn are better than child molesters.

Yes I found it horrendous when the guy who murdered Ian Huntley was hailed as hero when he had raped and strangled a pregnant women. Just awful.

And no matter how obnoxious Ian Huntley was our criminal system does
not have the death sentence so he should not have been murdered

People are short sighted. And often too eager to be the first to comment online rather than thinking for a second.

Someone on a social media I’m on called for the killer of Ian Huntley to be released and given a medal for community service. Someone else replied that the guy had murdered that person’s niece (or cousin) and her unborn child, along with two other people.

Heroes kill bad people

a child killer is clearly a bad person

ergo anyone who kills a child killer is a hero.

(note this does not stop a hero being a bad person)

i guess its like saying all people who went to war to fight are heroes (yes they are but to make my point its devils advote point im making, when you dont always know the true motives of the individuals are etc

I agree. I wonder what the family of the victims of the killers of Huntley or Watkins think of them being lauded by people saying they’d buy them a pint.
Weird to think they believe these horrible criminals suddenly are acting out of a moral compass.

@pinkyredrosethinking they aren’t heroes for killing the person isn't the same as thinking that their murder is any loss to society.

You don't really need sources, you only have to read the threads on here after IW was killed recently. Or read on here the torture fantasies people like to post about what they hope happens to convicted criminals like the two men convicted this week.

To answer the OP: it's because revenge and bloodlust makes people take leave of their senses.

I think one less child killer in the world is a good thing regardless of who killed them.

Best to link your sources