{"id":7452,"date":"2005-03-01T21:47:49","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T04:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/01\/kid-stuff-3.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:49:14","slug":"kid_stuff_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/01\/kid_stuff_3.html","title":{"rendered":"Kid Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am inclined to agree with the Supremes that sentencing juveniles (those under age 18) to death is “cruel and unusual.”<\/a> While I have no doubt that some 17-year-olds are capable of making morally informed decisions, I’m also sure there are 18-year-olds who aren’t, and setting an arbitrary date is better than leaving it to the whims of juries and judges.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a problem with capital punishment per se<\/em>, I think there is sufficient doubt that it is used in this country in a broadly fair and equitable fashion that its use in any cases has to be open to question. In the case of ostensible juveniles, I would tend to err on the side of youth (acknowledging that the alternative is a life sentence, which is hardly a walk in the park).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am inclined to agree with the Supremes that sentencing juveniles (those under age 18) to death is “cruel and unusual.” While I have no doubt that some 17-year-olds are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-punishment","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":870,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/08\/paging_inspecto.html","url_meta":{"origin":7452,"position":0},"title":"Paging Inspector Javert …","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Nov-01 11:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"California's Three Strikes law is under fire. 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