Although I am fairly conservative in my views and I do support capitol punishment, I have a problem with this. I cant even go by the old "it depends on the situation" stipend. Maturity and resonsibility are arrived at different ages for different people. In my state they believe you are mature enough to drive at 15, marry at 16, join the service at 18, even have a beer at 21. These decisions are arrived at arbitrarily by politicians with little logic behind them. However even I am in agreement with the powers that be that at the age of 12, when cleaning your room without being threatened, is an act of maturity, cannot be equated with capital punishment. However if it were my eight year old that was the victim.....ah ...forget it...no winners here C4K. Just a sad situation