The appeals proces in some states does cost more than to just keep the bastard locked up. Kommiefornicate, for example, has something like a MANDATORY 17 years of appeals. WTF?!?
Thats why we seriously need to revamp the damn legal system (I agree with a previous poster, there is no justice in it any more). Give the scumfuck TWO appeals. That works out to three chances, counting the original trial. He could have been wrongfully convicted. Hey, it happens sometimes. And after one appeal, he could STILL be in prison without having done the crime he's accused of. But even with as fucked-up a legal system as currently exists, three wrongs just aint gonna happen.
Expand the speedy trial to include the appeals. First one must be done within one month. Second one must be done within one month of the first being concluded. As soon as appeal #2 is over, take scumshit out to the 'killin field', kneel him down, put a bullet in the back of his head, and bill the next of kin for the cost of the bullet. Bury him in a shallow, unmarked grave.
Maybe the tax paying people of this country will luck out, and Mr. Muslim Sniper Fuck will be 'accidently' put in a block with a bunch of big bad whiteboys that are in there for "hate" crimes. And he'll die of natural causes. Because a knife (or sharpened toothbrush) between the ribs just NATURALLY kills you.