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Posted on 12/11/2013 12:22:26 PM PST by armydawg505
Are they going to unexecute him if today’s lawyers find some loophole that should have been used?
nope but you can hear the cash registers ring as the lawyers sue
No, but there could be a big payday for the heirs.
So, it there any practical reason for doing this other than as a PR stunt for the anti-capital punishment crowd?
“There is no excuse for executing a 14 year old boy.”
Huh?
I could imagine a reason, not just an excuse.
So, it there any practical reason for doing this other than as a PR stunt for the anti-capital punishment crowd?
Let’s see, no witnesses, no transcripts, no evidence, even if the kid was railroaded, and considering when it happened it’s quite possible, how are you going to prove anything? And oh yeah as to their “ he only weighed 95 pounds and stood 5’1”, so what? Where are the measurements for the victims?
That's about the size of Baby Face Nelson, probably the most vicious and murderous of the depression era bank robber gangsters. I thihk he still holds the record for having killed the most FBI agents.
The “wrongly executed” case is always being sought by anti-death penalty proponents along with “American mad cow disease” by the vegan/PETA crowd.
Meanwhile 50+ million children have been put to death by abortionists and there is BIG TIME support in the media. There HAVE been far younger victims of death sentencing than 14 year olds and in total absence of any trial.
It's silly,illogical and just plain wrong to assert that *any* 14 year old is fully formed in terms of conscience,understanding or maturity.The DP can only be justified for people who *are* "fully formed".Of course if a 14 year old commits a serious crime he/she should be subject to *serious* consequences but not the DP.
You can’t back up your contention. It’s all emotion on your part.
Nonsense. What about the 14 year old who raped and murdered his teacher in Danvers, MA last month? Prime candidate for the death penalty, I would think.
Get me a rope.
That’s one opinion. Another is that if you show yourself to be a menace to society by committing murder, execution by the state is in the best interest of society.
As I recall the case, he was accused of using a 70lb railway tie as a club.
Yup,a prime candidate for the DP.Until it's *your* 14 year old,of course.Then it would be "look at that poor boy...he still plays with Legos.He's never even shaved yet".
And no,no child of mine has ever killed.Not at 14...not even at 44.
If the crime is heinous enough, age should have no bearing on capital punishment.
***There is no excuse for executing a 14 year old boy.***
I remember a 14 year old boy from a mean family who brutally raped and murdered a girl back about 43 years go. He is still in BIG MAC in Oklahoma but should have been fried years ago.
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You may think that way, but I do not.
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