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amdg, I'm not quite sure I follow you.
My take on the death penalty for crimes committed as minors is that it's entirely justified if the criminal intent is as present as it is for adults. I just cannot brook the notion that teenagers are sweet little angels who are so utterly ignorant of right and wrong that they don't understand that murder is a criminal act. Too many people have been murdered by teenage gang-bangers who are perfectly aware that murder is a crime, but commit it anyway to be part of the gang.
posted by
WriterofLight
on April 1, 2005 at 6:51 PM
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uh, I may have stumbled on something we actually disagree on
not the guns. It's the death penalty for minors. I know that they're not minors when they're iced. That's not it. I don't get the whole trying them as adults thing. If you're a minor .you're a minor. How does the heinousness of the crime change one's age. It's a little troubling.
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AnCatubh
on March 30, 2005 at 10:48 PM
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Exactly right!
That's the folly of the more-gun-laws argument. In their thinking, it's never the criminals that are to blame See the post a little ways down about the letter writer who blames anti-pot laws for pollution caused by marijuana farmers.
posted by
WriterofLight
on March 26, 2005 at 6:11 PM
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Of course not. Gun laws would have a tough time to prevent things like this
If someone is bent on going on a rampage like this, they will find ways to obtain weapons. While the law abiding citizen has to jump through hoops to buy guns, a criminal doesn't fill out paper work and wait, they commit burglaries or buy them on the street from other criminals.
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scoop
on March 26, 2005 at 4:48 PM
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