Hang him not

This is not in defence of Kasab. Without use of hyperboles, I simply wish to state that what Kasab and his nine accomplices did is unforgivable, both by humans and from my understanding of the Quran, by Allah, in whose name the blood of innocent was shed without moral qualm or mercy. I feel an insupressable surge of rage, resentment and vengeance every time 26/11 is mentioned. Yet,I do not want Kasab to be hanged.
Before I am accused of sedition, specially by those whose families were torn assunder on the night of 26/11, I beg for a hearing.
I want Kasab to suffer enough to plead for death. I want to seee him convulsing with repentance. I want to let the horror of what he did render him sleepless forevermore. Yet I do not want him hanged.
The nine others who slaughtered people at CST, Oberoi Trident, Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, Leopold Cafe and Nariman point are dead. We hang Kasab and he too dies. What's the difference? The nine others died believing, perhaps, in the righteousness of their offensive. Hang Kasab and he too will die a believer in his cause. Any apparent demonstartion of regret might be for fear of death rather than horror at the deed committed. His attempts at an apology might be noose inspired rather than heartfelt.
The LeT, according to newspapaper reports, brainwashed and de-sensitised this band of 10 terrorists effectively enough for them to declare a mindless act of war on an unaware but powerful nation and still believe that they would make good their escape at the end of it all. The LeT did a good job - nine dead one living. Hang Kasab and LeT's victory is complete. One more brainwashed and delusional religious fanatic gone, makes no difference to their swelling ranks.
Hanging Kasab is a watered down version of vengeance that we seek on perpetrators of terror. Keep him alive and breathing. Re-introduce him to his faith. Make it know to him that the Quran damns to perdition those who shed the blood of the innocent. Let scholars of Islam prove to him beyond doubt that he has wronged Allah. Let him answer the whys and experience the wrath of the families whose lives he destroyed. Make him realise the inhuman nature of his deed. In other words re-sensitise him.
It might be easier said than done. But until we undo LeT's handiwork and have Kasab cry for forgivesness from those whom he killed without compunction, our vendetta will be incomplete. Once the brainwash is reversed, Kasab's life, I can say with conviction, will become a living hell and then it will best to deny him a premature release from it.