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I don't check the posts of others before posting my own thoughts...
Yes you did. See quotes.
Nope. Your simplistic statement was based in ignorance in my opinion.
Not really, They are being charged with 1st Degree Murder as adults which can be punish with Capital Punishment. No ignorance to be seen. Just because you my not believe in it because of perosnal beliefs does not make people of different thinking arrogant. Oklahoma does use the Death Penalty
I can't see myself ever desiring the death penalty for any child under the age of 16. Do you think it's okay to execute mentally challenged people who commit a murder?
Yes, so? Just because an adult does a criminal act does not make it an adult behavior.
Not really, They are being charged with 1st Degree Murder as adults which can be punish with Capital Punishment. No ignorance to be seen. Just because you my not believe in it because of perosnal beliefs does not make people of different thinking arrogant. Oklahoma does use the Death Penalty
Goodness! Just because an adult commits a crime does not classify it as a rational or an adult decision. LOL!
So what if it is adult like or not. It is a crime. An adult commits a crime. A kid commits a crime. Why is one that commits an irrational non-adult like action absolved of the same consequence then? I think that you are seriously convoluting your argument. Seriously...
Minors are no longer subject to capital punishment. See 2005 SCOTUS decision regarding the matter...
That will be challenged. Twenty states have juvenile death penalty laws and there are 30 or so kids sitting on death row in these states with laws still not complying to the SCOTUS decision.
I've posted plenty of material to back up my assertions. You?
The material is biased and opinionated... there are no facts regarding this issue.
So what if it is adult like or not. It is a crime. An adult commits a crime. A kid commits a crime. Why is one that commits an irrational non-adult like action absolved of the same consequence then? I think that you are seriously convoluting your argument. Seriously...
some of the people on this forum already have these young men convicted and are ready to execute them. I don't go along with that kind of thinking.
Do you know anything about how the human brain evolves?
I think for most circumstances we can give kids a break, like petty theft, drug use(but they should have to go into a rehabilitation program), and other smaller crimes that could be excused as misguided. For heinous crimes like rape, felonious assault, and murder the penalties must be harsh, and adult.A young made a crime today and tomorrow is his 18th birthday.
He's not a kid.He ****ed up the system pretty well.
Basing the evaluation of a crime on the age is stupid imo.
They sentence them AFTER they turn 18. Pretty slimy. Also, this decision was made in 2005. Eight years ago.
Yes. A lot actually... How about you?
It is true. Educate yourself.
Major findings from the report include:
Brain development takes place in stages and is not fully complete in adolescence. The frontal lobe, tasked with decision making, planning, judgement, expression of emotions and impulse control may not be fully mature until the mid-20s.
The limbic system, which helps to process and manage emotion, is also developing during adolescence. This causes adolescents to experience more mood swings and impulsive behavior than adults.
Levels of dopamine production shift during adolescence. As a result, activities that once were exciting to youth may not be so as they enter adolescence, and thus they may seek excitement through increasingly risky behavior.
When adolescents make choices involving risk, they do not engage the higher-thinking, decision-and reward areas of the brain as much as adults do. This can lead adolescents to actually overstate rewards without fully evaluating the long-term consequences or risks involved in a situation.
Reactions, rather than rational thought, come more from the amygdala, deep in the brain, than the frontal cortex, which led Yurgelun-Todd and other neuroscientists to suggest that an immature brain leads to impulsivity, or what researchers dub "risk-taking behavior." Although it was known from animal studies and brain-injured people that the frontal cortex matures more slowly than other brain strucures, it has only been with the advent of functional MRI that researchers have been able to study brain activity in normal children.
The brain scans used in these studies are a valuable tool for researchers. Never before have scientists been able to develop data banks of normal, healthy children. Outlining the changes in normal function and development will help researchers determine the causes of psychiatric disorders that afflict children and adolescents.
Most of it is not biased and opinionated. You just don't like the conclusions because you want to put kids to death.
The SC seemed to take this kind of information VERY seriously. The information and some of the scientific studies I posted are what the SC used to come to their decision to outlaw the DP for minors, based on it being cruel and unusual punishment.
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