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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court to consider whether Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo deserves new sentencing [View all]maxsolomon
(33,286 posts)The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown:
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest Gods
When mercy seasons justice.
Life without possibility of Parole is crueler than execution. Give him the possibility of Parole. He was a minor. He was not the mastermind of the shootings. What would it harm society if he was released as a 70 year old?