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Originally Posted by Beth
I I can better understand a seasoned and mature serial killer being executed than I can someone who commits crimes as a kid.
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If you use Malveaux as an example for this, wouldn't he be very much like a serial killer? I have always had a problem with the line being drawn at a certain birthday. If a kids kills 5 people at 11:30pm the night before his 18th birthday, he is not subject to the death penalty, but if he commits exactly the same crime 31 minutes later he is? If only it were possible to take each single case into consideration individually. Each person is different, each crime is different, but when the laws governing the punishment are written in such a way as to allow ANYONE under 18 to get away with murder, something is wrong. It's a very touchy subject, and I'm sure it's about to cause some very heated discussion here.
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