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Prosecuting them through the juvenile system won't make them any more, or less, guilty so why bring disgust into the proceedings?
originally posted by: pheonix358
If they can be made well, then eventually release them. If not, they stay in captivity to protect the rest of society.
How about a psych examination first.
originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: Lucid Lunacy
They can still get life without parole. Last time this came around, I was surprised to see the US had about 2000 kids serving life without parole. Always breaking penal records huh? : )
You do realize you are arguing for charging them as adults, right? Otherwise they are released either way, and society is not protected.
originally posted by: pheonix358
a reply to: OccamsRazor04
You do realize you are arguing for charging them as adults, right? Otherwise they are released either way, and society is not protected.
This is where the law is typically a stupid, stupid ass.
They are not Adults. That is it. You can't try them as adults because they are not adults.
Now if your pathetic juvenile, so called, justice system can't handle these cases THEN CHANGE THE BLOODY PATHETIC SYSTEM.
Don't charge them as adults.
What should happen is they should be locked up, under psych care until we work out what is wrong with them and to see if they can be brought back from the place called hell that they are now in.
Again, they are not adults.
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I wasn't aiming at any posters (unless they feel the hat fits).
The juvenile system isn't there for people to pick and choose; it's there because 'juvenile' is a definition that applies to young kids and adolescents.
They can still get life without parole.
Not if they are tried as a Juvenile. Juveniles get life without parole by being sentenced as an Adult.
If tried as a Juvenile they MUST be released on their 21st birthday.
originally posted by: Lucid Lunacy
a reply to: OccamsRazor04
Not if they are tried as a Juvenile. Juveniles get life without parole by being sentenced as an Adult.
That's the impression I was under... Wasn't sure.
I am confident they are, at least right now, not people that should be permitted to freely walk among innocent civilians. I don't know how many years behind prison bars I would delegate to them if I had say. I would hope we'd have the ability to assess their psychological progress as the years go by and reduce their term accordingly.
originally posted by: pheonix358
Absolutely correct.