Just asking...

The suicidal man in California who parked his car on the rail tracks then chickened out as the trains approached is being charged with 11 counts of murder, rightfully mind you, and could be eligible for the death penalty. So instead of killing himself, he caused 11 others to die and the punishment is he gets what he set out to do in the first place? Ok so just asking, but isn't that a little redundant? Can't go through with it, get the state to do it? Would have been quicker if he just did it himself though, since he'd be next in line behind our boy Scotty P.