Loughner Found Competent, Pleads Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

Smallpotatoes · Aug 10, 2012

Mark2010 said:

deskslave said:

So you'd be good with executing 13-year-olds, who can be expected to know right from wrong?

Are you sure your name shouldn't be Mark1910, or possibly Mark1810? You'd fit in a lot better.
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If a 13-year-old is competent enough to kill someone, why should they be treated differently? No, this ain't 1810 or 1910. Kids today can be ruthless, with little or no respect for adults or human life in general. They know damn well what they are doing.

I don't for a second buy the idea that they are incompetent or insane in most cases (always some exceptions) and they shouldn't be able to use age as some sort of shield. You commit an adult crime, you get an adult sentence.

For the record, let me say I am NOT a supporter of the death penalty. However, IF you are going to have it on the books, justice demands that it be applied equally.
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If I wanted to live in a country that executed 13-year-olds, I'd live in Iran or Nigeria.
In fact, if this country ever did execute a 13-year-old, I'd renounce my citizenship.

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Loughner Found Competent, Pleads Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

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