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To: proudofthesouth
But this POS will be tried as an adult. Won't that make him eligible for the death penalty in spite of his age? Besides, when all his appeals are over with - in 20 or 30 years, he will long have been an adult.

Nope! In a very recent case rulled upon by the SCOTUS, they ruled that if the murderer was younger than 16 when the murder occurred, then it's "cruel and unusual punnishment" to exectute the murderer, even if that person is in his 20s at the time of the execution.

Mark

84 posted on 10/31/2005 8:33:41 AM PST by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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To: MarkL

In that case, we need to have some hard core conservatives appointed to the SCOTUS. Not that that will ever happen....


92 posted on 10/31/2005 9:15:17 AM PST by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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