| Show Death Penalty for Minors Ought to Stay in Place f Aaron Zundel Contributing Writer j Tuesday Feb 28 2005 the Supreme Court ruled in a 5 A decision that the death penalty penal penal- ty for minors is I spent the rest o of the day wondering how long it will be before the progressive progressive progressive sive human hu an race progresses itself right into extinction Justice Kennedy stated the reason for the decision was as follows When a juvenile commits a heinous crime the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties liberties liberties liber liber- ties but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity Maturity We cant can't execute execute exe exe- cute them because they're immature I could use that same feeble logic and argue that murder is by default an immature act and anyone who commits murder is therefore immature But I wont I got news for you Mature or not these people are dan- dan and o nn 6 serous VU LUlU no nn no uv amount of maturity maturity maturity matu matu- rity will change that When I was twelve I told fart jokes I grew out of it When Christopher Pittman was twelve he loaded up a shotgun crept into his grandparents grandparents grandparents grand grand- parents bed- bed Christopher Pittman is still under discussion I would argue that it ultimately makes no difference Sane or not competent or not mature or not none have absolutely any L r L Mature or not these people are dangerous and no amount of maturity will change that room and unload four rounds into their sleeping and later to be quite dead bodies because They deserved it That's not something you grow out of While the mental state of r b r Of i whatsoever whatsoever Baring ever on on whether or not someone is a danger to others If they are willing and capable of murder murder murder mur mur- der then they need to go What good does it do to have them rot their lives away in aprison a aprison aprison prison wasting my tax money This new ruling is actually an extension of a ruling two years ago when the Supreme Court cited evolving standards standards standards stan stan- dards by abolishing the execution execution execution exe exe- cution of the mentally retard retard- ed They claimed that ing a person who could not understand what they were being charged with was cruel and unusual punishment punish punish- ment I disagree Sticking a needle in someone's someone's someone's some some- ones one's arm and putting them to sleep is hardly cruel and unusual However sticking an oblivious person in a aprison aprison aprison prison where they will be confined to a lOx 1 0 cell bought and sold as property between other inmates and gang raped by guys named y and 8 Ball every time they step foot in the shower for the rest of their lives now that's cruel I would go so far as to argue that people who are incapable of understanding right from wrong are even even more dangerous than those See Minors continued on page 9 Mi Minors nors continued from page 7 that are Without an understanding of the crime their behavior will never change Just like the dog that cant can't get it in his head that there is a difference between the grass and the carpet We need to remember that its it's not like we dole out the death penalty for swiping a candy bar The death penalty penal penal- ty is reserved only for the most extreme cases of premeditated murder In order to convict you must show that the crime was 1 Committed with prior intent and 2 Was of an extreme or heinous nature People guilty of these two elements are under any circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances a parasite to healthy society and need to be removed I |
