POLL: Patrick moves to ban life without parole for youngest killers

patriotledger.com ^ | 01/27/2013 | Matt Murphy

[cherry]

this is contrary to recent developments, where younger people are being held more responsible, not less...

didn't we just have news that todays yutes are maturing faster?...

I guess it pays to get your killing spree down younger nowadays...

[cicero2k]

What are we trying to protect? On the one hand we have a killer, on the other a destroyed victim and likely destroyed lives of his family.

So the blunt force of justice has to err on the side of the perpetrator. Take the perpetrator out forever. Avoid future victims. It’s the only solution. Even if the perpetrator is 14.

[Trod Upon]

Agree 100%. If you kill an innocent with intent to do so, or with substantial certainty that your actions would result in their death, I don’t really see any reason for you not to face the full range of possible penalties, no matter your age or mental capacity. Knowledge + intent + act = your ass. What’s next for these freaks? Bringing back the “irresistible impulse” defense to murder?

[One Name]

Yes. You have demonstrated your intent at your tender age to be a worthless drag on society. If we keep you alive, you will only endanger your keepers. If we execute you, the demons that inhabit your body will find purchase elsewhere, and perhaps harm other innocents.

Ephesians 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

[bonehead4freedom]

But the death penalty is too cruel,we can give them life with out parole they'll never get out it's more humane! Oh wait, we have to give them a chance for parole to lock them up for life would be inhumane we can't throw away such young lives. We have to give them parole in no more than say 10 or 15 years that would be the humane thing to do give them a chance... ah no wait they were the victim of a single parent home and have a promising career as an aspiring rapper. How about a caution letter put in their file! Yes they will then be deterred from acting against institutional racism in such a negative way! Now we can feel good about our selves we kept another minority youth out of prison! I'm sure the deceased would agree if they were here so let's honor their memory by progressive justice!

[Steamburg]

If they would just invoke extra late term abortion Deval would be on board. For Democrats, it’s all in the packaging, not the outcome.

[OldPossum]

...this will backfire, as long as the Republicans have the GONADS to call them out on it, as Lee Atwater did in 1992.

As I am sure you will agree, thinking that the Republicans will do this is a huge assumption. I wouldn't bet on it.

[Peet]

Parole for murderers?

How did that work out in Webster NY?