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Supreme Court will revisit execution of teenage killers
USA Today ^
| 1/26/04
Posted on 01/26/2004 8:57:04 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The Supreme Court, which two years ago abolished executions for the mentally retarded, said Monday it will now consider ending the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. The court said it will reopen the question of whether executing very young killers violates the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." Currently, states that allow the death penalty may impose it on killers who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: death8penalty; deathpenalty; scotus; teens
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
there are now 82 inmates on death row nationwide for crimes committed when they were under 18. States have put to death 22 such inmates in recent years. Conclusion: 60 more to go!
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:59:03 AM PST
by
verity
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
We're going to be "brought in line" with other nations under international standards. This will be ruled unconstitutional.
The outside world is encroaching on and corrupting our Constitution.
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posted on
01/26/2004 9:02:03 AM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote then.How would he know anything about decency?
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posted on
01/26/2004 9:04:02 AM PST
by
apackof2
(I won't be satisfied until I am too smart for my own good)
To: Finalapproach29er
The outside world is encroaching on and corrupting our Constitution.
The tyranny of an elitist activist judiciary is encroaching on and corrupting our Constitution.The only constitutional solution is the impeachment, removal, and public shaming of certain judges until the rest learn to accept, if not respect, the Constitution and the will of the people.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Yikes, we need to get a GW Bush appointed conservative up to this court. The present nine justices are salami slicing the death penalty to the point it will soon be gone.
These "kids" are stone killer monsters. Little Lee Malvos (the beltway sniper). Why do we need to house and feed them for the next 60 years, or let them out after 15 or 20 years?
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posted on
01/26/2004 9:05:22 AM PST
by
RicocheT
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Supreme Court will revisit over turn execution of teenage killers
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posted on
01/26/2004 9:06:53 AM PST
by
BSunday
(Yeeaaaaagh!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; KQQL
I have been thinking that John Paul Stevens will retire at the end of this term to make his replacement be an election issue..
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posted on
01/26/2004 9:20:38 AM PST
by
ambrose
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