Four dead children and a dead teacher thank liberals everywhere for this injustice

Its a sorry world!!

 

Is it fair to call this a "liberal" issue? I wasn't aware that the issue of prosecution and incarceration of minors falls upon partisan lines. Perhaps I'm wrong. Dunno.

 

Kneejerk blame assigning. Besides, I thought liberals were in favor of keeping guns, especially loaded guns, out of the hands of children.

In a way, I suppose, there may be some truth to it - liberals are generally opposed to the execution of minors which would have been your solution.

I hope they at least received mental healthcare while in custody. Otherwise, it's nuts to release them into the world.

 

There is no doubt that the liberal/left has worked for years to weaken the criminal justice system in this country, actually coddling criminals. Surely you don't believe the ACLU is a conservative organization. They are even defendint the Man-Boy Love Association in Massachusetts.

 

Whoa, OR, slow down there. I didn't even mention the ACLU or NAMBLA, let alone anything about the crikinal justice system overall. I simply stated I wasn't aware that the issue of prosecution and incarceration of minors falls upon partisan lines.

Thou shalt not put words in thy brother's mouth.

 

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Strange to beat realatively innocent moderates with
the term 'liberal'

 

Freedom is dangerous. This would not have happened in the old USSR. You pay your money and take your chance.

 

That's a bit glib. Freedom does not require releasing murderers into the general population with no record of their crime.

A more reasonable suggestion is that the boys serve time in juvenile confinement until they are 18 and then serve the remainder of their sentences in a regular prison.

 

The planning that went into this attack was incredible, especially considered these boys were 12 at the time. cold blooded doesn't even begin to describe what they did.

FWIW, our legislature did change the law, and now the state can hold a juvenile indefinately after they turn 18. They have to show that they have been rehabilitated before they can be released. A little too late. His partner in crime will be released in 2006, if my memory is correct.

 

OK, how about "An armed society is a polite society?"

 

To be completely fair and accurate, the loopholes in the law that allowed Johnson and Golden to be freed have been closed via new legislation because of this very case. Convicted persons are constitutionally protected from the imposition of sentences and laws after sentencing.

Again, to make this a partisan issue where no partisanship seems to exist is probably a bit harsh.

 

This is where the system needs to be careful. A thirteen and a elven year old are not adults. If they have have had the right counseling, and have been found allright then this a mute point.

You look at a young teens mental development, they are not mature. They don't make choices like an adult does. Many well adjusted teens in church makes unwise moves everyday.

Are these kids a future threat to society? I can't answer that. With proper evaluation, experts can know. If they do have syptoms of being mental then we need to keep them in custody.

I know many people who do stupid stuff as teens who go on to be great people in society. I can think of many of I have had personal contact with. One criminal act does not make a criminal for life.

We do not remeber Mose's, king David, or Paul as murders. They were!!! They went on to do great things for the Lord.

Joseph, we don't see eye to eye on this issue. So please read before posting. We need to see if teen offenders can be rehabed. Some cannot and won't. From personal experiance, you know the one's who can and can't be. I am not saying these boys are rehabed. What I am saying is don't lump them all together.