Why didn't they kill him instead of leaving him in jail for the rest of his life making us pay for his housing, food, clothing, etc?

According to the Patrick Kennedy Death Row page he will not be spending life in prison. Sometimes it can be a long process before a death row candidate is actually executed.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.