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randome

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18. Thanks for the information. I don't know if there is a solution that can satisfy both sides.

Reply to REP (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 08:03 PM

Aug 2012

But it seems that too many juveniles are treated as adults when it's politically convenient.

Is there a way to minimize both abuse of the system and allowing murderers to murder again? Maybe a more robust review process?

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"The 14 year old shooter has been charged as an adult with Attempted Murder" [View all] Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 OP

There are teens and children who are psychotic and violent, who present a real risk to the public slackmaster Aug 2012 #1

I don't agree with charging a minor as an adult. PDJane Aug 2012 #2

"as a rule" jberryhill Aug 2012 #3

Would you think it better to flip the whole thing upside down? Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #4

Well, some adults are just big kids. deaniac21 Aug 2012 #6

No, it's simply a matter of shifting presumptions jberryhill Aug 2012 #13

There is no reason to charge a child or an imbecile as if they are a fully functioning adult. PDJane Aug 2012 #5

Define "child" jberryhill Aug 2012 #12

I don't know about you, but I would consider a child to be anything under 19 or so. PDJane Aug 2012 #16

I agree that intellectual capacity has nothing to do with it jberryhill Aug 2012 #17

Some cannot be rehabilitated and are too dangerous to be in society REP Aug 2012 #19

Using absolute timeframes doesn't work, though. randome Aug 2012 #21

Right jberryhill Aug 2012 #22

I am really ambivalent about this Mojorabbit Aug 2012 #28

He is 15, not 14. LisaL Aug 2012 #7

Who is "he"? Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #8

The same one you declared to be a "victim" in your previous thread. LisaL Aug 2012 #9

You're quite amazing. You ought to charge admission as you read people's minds Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #20

You mean, like Edmund Kemper? REP Aug 2012 #10

That may be a good example of how the system did not work in the past. randome Aug 2012 #11

Richard Grissom Jr REP Aug 2012 #14

Thanks for the information. I don't know if there is a solution that can satisfy both sides. randome Aug 2012 #18

Case-by-case evaluation of the crime and the defendant - not a blanket rule REP Aug 2012 #23

Some people cannot process beyond arbitrary lines jberryhill Aug 2012 #15

is this the kid who shot the Bully ? JI7 Aug 2012 #24

No, its hypothetical Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #25

I like you Stinky pintobean Aug 2012 #27

He shot a kid with Down's Syndrome pintobean Aug 2012 #26

He didn't shoot the bully. LisaL Aug 2012 #29

The logic seems to be ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #30