A few disjointed thoughts-
I find if odd that no one discussing this has expressed any
sympathy for the victim(s). They're dead. Pretty harsh penalty.
Also, the bit about society and abuse creating these types of
criminals is somewhat of a generalization, in danger of becoming
coddling. Of course I am against abuse of children and recognise
the damage it does. But there are plenty of examples of children
with good upbringing that have turned out wrong. Sometimes
people are just plain bad, and no amount of psychiatric evaluation
or rehabilitation can change it. They get out and kill or rape again.
These people need to be isolated from society.
Conversely, there are many people who have suffered abuse in
their early lives, and have gotten past it to live productive lives.
Some of them are real saints, trying to do good in the world.
One more thing. It seems that alot of these school shootings
and violent behavior can be traced to 'behavior modification'
type drugs, Ritalin, Prozac, etc. Considering that the pharmaceutical
industry is the first or second largest industry, and considering their
methods of kicking back money and perks to doctors for
prescribing these often dangerous +/or unpredictable potions,
maybe they should be put on trial, too.
Then there's always alcohol, linked to something like 90% of violent
crimes (in adults anyway).
RR
ps Yesterday I heard the mother of the convicted 14 year old on
the radio saying "Just pray to God that you never find yourself
going through what I'm going through". True enough, and quite
possibly taken out of context, but what about what the victim's
family is going through? Is this a clue that might lead to the
self-centered attitude that this child was exposed to?
colin wrote:
> this should read 28 years.
>
> colin wrote:
>
> > I really do not undertsand the American legal system.
> > A 14 year old was tried as an adult for a crime he committed as a 13
> > year old. The crime was murder and and appaling, dreadful crime murder
> > is. However, it is also just so outrageoues that a child should be
> > treated this way. He has been senteneced to 298 years in prison. It is
> > no surprise that this child is black. How can a child be treated like an
> > adult? Where is the justice? Human beings make me so ashamed sometimes.
> > There is no way this piece of barbarity can be justified. a child is a
> > child is a child.
> >
> > --
> > bw
> > colin
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