Richard Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill wrote
Hi Sody,
I take no pleasure in nor do I get any satisfaction when anyone dies.
But I DO see the value and necessity in making sure that certain people
are locked away and never allowed to walk free in our society. And I DO
see the need to have strong laws that are enforced in a strong and
expedient manner.
But there is no way that I could ever think that executing a child was
justified and could certainly derive no satisfaction nor pleasure from
knowing that it was done, here or anywhere else.
And whether we think precedent is indicative of justice, it is a strong
and effective tool for advocates in the presentation of legal arguments.
Bill
Bill :
How can you justify putting anyone in a cell for twenty five years?? I
see no sense in our present system of criminal justice. Prisons if you
must have them should be a sincere effort to reform the individual and
getting him back as a productive member of society. If that is not
possible than dispose of him so that he is no longer a burden on society.
I can't imagine anything more horrible that sentencing a young person ( or
an old person either) to Life Without Parole, really Life Without Hope.. On
one hand we talk of assisted suicide and euthanasia as a relief for such a
life and on the other condemn people to that very thing in the justice
system.
Someone suggested twenty five years for a thirteen year old. In jail until
thirty eight?? What kind of a person will he be and what kind of life will
he be able to lead??
I guess I am the Dr. Kevorkian of law and order.
The dirty old Gandy Dancer
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