I agree with them. Killing a 15 year old child is not my idea of just punishment reguardless of what they have done. I have no problem with them sitting in jail for a long time though. I am infavor of the death penality but not for young children.
I must agree with you and suggest the execution be delayed till they reach the age of majority. That way they have something to look forward to. Not exactly Disneyland, but what the hey, it'll provide lasting memories or not ;-)
I agree with them. Killing a 15 year old child is not my idea of just punishment reguardless of what they have done. I have no problem with them sitting in jail for a long time though. I am infavor of the death penality but not for young children.
This isn't quite what they decided. The decision is that no one can be executed at any age for crimes committed while under 18. Some of the death row criminals who thereby got a reprieve are well over 18 now.
Even if the killer killed a 15 year old, two 15 year olds, and laughed about it afterward, and even if the 15 year old killer will not be executed until his appeals run out - at the age of THIRTY? Do you object to executing people who are over the age of 25? Should they be at least 26 - 32?
Or do you understand a mandatory life sentence without parole? And do you understand that sentence as one to encourage a lifetime of penance, in isolation, sackcloth and ashes as it were? with which you'd find agreement, I think.