@leatherbear I have not followed this case closely, but two questions that come to mind are...
he was still alive after the beating. do you think they intended to kill him? And if so, why did they leave him alive? Perhaps they thought he was dead? And.. wasn't he TIED to a post? Truly some sick bastards.
What did he die from? Blood loss? Infection? Embolism? Brain Damage? I would hope that if someone was still alive days after a beating, that they would pull through unless they had brain damage.
I was read the last rites about 19 months ago due to smoke inhalation, and burned lungs, and told that I was going to die. When I heard that they were preparing to harvest my organs for donations, I got out of that hospital within minutes, and have since made a 100% recovery.