Saturday, October 16, 2004
Bowling Green Kentucky: Execute Juveniles
The Bowling Green Kentucky Daily News is calling for the Supreme Court to rule that it is acceptable to execute 16 and 17-year-olds.
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What kind of message does it send juveniles who commit murders if they know they would not face the death penalty?
How about: What kind of message does it send the families of poor and impoverished Americans--the majority of which are drawn to desperate crimes such as murder--when you say that the lives of their kids aren't worth as much as the lives of rich kids that can afford attourneys and escape the death penalty? Hi, let's make the problem worse by aggravating it instead of trying to fix it.
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