[Tinbit]

I'll never understand the mentality.

Got a beef with a guy and want to hurt him? Punch him and knock him down, I have no issue with that. Boys being boys and all that.

Knock a guy down, then you and 30 of your closest friends continue to pummel the body until the dude is dead, or permanently handicapped?

That's E'ffed up, it really is. It is absolute savagery, and it should absolutely not be tolerated in what we call a civilized society. Some crimes need to be exempted from the cruel & unusual punishment clause. If you get involved in some mob crime like that, you need to have an appointment with the plug in chair in a swimming pool.