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Lucern · 03-03-2005, 03:29 PM

I'm glad this will end the phrase "Try X as an adult" in cases that could go for the death penalty. Even for serial killers, it doesn't break my heart for them to spend the next 80 years in prison - even given our awful prison system.

I heard one commentator say that this, along with the finding of executing mentally retarded people unconstitutional, is now a pattern leading away from the death penalty entirely, but with a 5-4 split on arguably the most ethically unsound part of it(I know that's not what the SC rules on), I really don't see it happening any time soon.

03-03-2005, 03:29 PM	#8
Lucern Quintesson Join Date: August 28, 2004 Location: the middle of Michigan Age: 43 Posts: 1,011	I'm glad this will end the phrase "Try X as an adult" in cases that could go for the death penalty. Even for serial killers, it doesn't break my heart for them to spend the next 80 years in prison - even given our awful prison system. I heard one commentator say that this, along with the finding of executing mentally retarded people unconstitutional, is now a pattern leading away from the death penalty entirely, but with a 5-4 split on arguably the most ethically unsound part of it(I know that's not what the SC rules on), I really don't see it happening any time soon.