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It may depend on the whole "tried as an adult" thing, which may be dependant upon the accused party's stage of mental development, the severity of the crime, and maybe a few other factors.
I may be wrong though.
Nice work patriot - John Wayne Gacy grew up with an abusive alcoholic father and suffered a serious head injury as a teenager which caused a blood clot to form in his brain - subsequent to this he experienced frequent blackouts and hullucinations.
I'd be curious to find out the name of the 'Chicago area psychoanalyst' that considered this a normal life.
Nobody has really addressed the fact that the court system sometimes gets it wrong.
Are there any actual statistics to show that capital punishment deters crime?
I doubt very much Christ would demand the execution of a retarded person
Prodigal Son wrote:And Tarkan...you never answered my question. If a 10-year-old kills somebody intentionally, should they be put to death? What makes a 10-year-old's conception of right and wrong any different than a 15-year-old? A 20-year-old? Shouldn't an 8-year-old know killing somebody is wrong? Shouldn't the death penalty be applied to them? Afterall, they know better do they not?
Nobody has really addressed the fact that the court system sometimes gets it wrong. Not everybody found guilty is in fact guilty. There are many examples of innocents being let out of jail and even death row.
Therefore aren't the rights of one innocent (albeit unlucky) person more important than society's desire to put others to death? That unlucky person could be you.
If you think society's desire for vengeance is more important than the right to life of an innocent person, then are you happy to be the next innocent person?
If capital punishment deterred crime America would be the safest country in the world...
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