Eventually time will work on the reality that a real living, breathing person who was robbed of their chance for life no longer walks the earth and their entire family is left with a hole in their heart and in many cases their life ruined.

That's never considered.  

It is morally repugnant to set this man free.   It would be one thing if he admitted his crimes and begged for mercy.

Instead he's simply sick and using his  situation to gain his freedom.

There is no logic that can justify setting a mass murderer free because he's going to die.  

The mercy some many seem so willing to doll out was given when he wasn't killed for his crimes.  He was given the gift of life that he so easily took from so many.

It is clear many of the victims will not share that sentiment, although some of them will. The point is, it is not solely their decision to make. I cannot devalue mercy on those grounds. I have been victimized, as has my family, and I understand the value of forgiveness. This is not the same thing as "letting him off" for any reason related to his crimes, victims included. Our collective moral acts go beyond individual cases. There is a lot of unevenness and unfairness in the world that we never seek to address, even though we know about it and could do so. We are far from perfect. And he isn't getting much, really. That is the point which most people seem to be missing. He is dying. This is a statement of the value we place on the dignity of human life. It is precisely an example of employing the kind of reasoning that says people shouldn't blow up airplanes because they are angry about injustices. There are certain places in the course of conflict where we must stop ... certain limits we must respect. And in doing this Scotland has demonstrated that kind of reasoning as an example for the world... a world that needs a little more of that kind of thinking right now. First, we are human. If we want others to behave that way, then we should collectively behave that way, also.