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Old 05-03-2006, 04:09 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sgtdmski
Ultimately one must ask does the punishment fit the crime??? While it is noble to believe that we should not execute minors, one must look at the crime. In the case that went before the Supreme Court the individual in question was 17, and bragged to his friends that he would not get the death penalty because he was a minor. He bragged about it. Capital Murder is charged when a murder is committed in conjunction with another crime, i.e. kidnapping or robbery, or when the murder was premeditated and planned. In this case, not only was the murder committed in conjunction with another crime, burglary, the individual had the forementioned thought to know that he could not be sentenced to death because he was a minor. In other words, he knew that even if he did kill someone, he could not face the most severe of all punishments because of his age. Can we all say premediation.

But please do not allow the facts get in the way of emotions. If your 17, and you kill don't worry you have a free hand, you will face the death penalty, so why even fear doing it???? The actions of the so-called child in this case showed no real concern for the value of human life, so why should we show concern for the value of his??

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Sure, you can try to justify it, and they may even deserve it. But in the end a child has been executed. That is the second tragedy, the first being the crime committed.
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