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>>17243636
I don't really think a serial killer could get enlightened by using Vajrayana practices. I do think that the karma should be depurated before anything because of such conduct and, therefore, even before, the one who comitted to such conduct should be comitted to be back again to take the path to enlightenment.
There are some exceptional cases, in which there is to much karma, such as the case of Tharpo Nagpo, which, by what I remember, after becoming a Rudra himself, is still depurating his karma after having his evil body destroyed by Vajrakilaya. But, again, it is an exceptional case, since he has done evil deeds through kalpas and strayed even further from the path.
Also, I would recommend, again, the following of intuition in these cases, since one might be acting like Tharpo Nagpo (his story is really worth reading), since he acted in manners which were totally against the Dharma, believing he would become enlightened by taking hold of antinomian practices. It is very easy, not being integrated in the ambient in which such ideas are developed, to just take for a granted pass to enlightenment evil tantras that could consider themselves righteous paths to enlightenment, but are really Black Magic, such as the Buddhakapala Tantra, as mentioned before. It is not because it is realtively included in a tradition, by some means, that it is truly good or useful. If the controversy on Dorje Shugden, which is a question about the nature of a deity, caused such stormy violence and debate, imagine what some tantric practices, which could be considered inner, might really be.
I would also recommend the book "Tibet", from Thubten Norbu, the elder brother of H.H. Dalai Lama XIV, in which he explains, from a pure Gelugpa point of view, some issues on some tantric practices.