Quote (Skinned @ Oct 16 2014 07:13am)
Charging a ten year old as an adult is an abortion of justice.
Why do we have minor laws to begin with if we are just going to break them every time an emotional appeal comes up?
Slow down now, I don't think many people are advocating for a 43rd trimester abortion.
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 16 2014 08:34am)
You would have to get a model of moral development to judge that.
http://www.psychologynoteshq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kolberg2-550x381.png
He probably never grew out of the self-interest stage. But nobody is served by making this out to be a simple issue.
We should probably do some research to see how this kid was socialized and maybe some brain scans to look for anomalies.
Widow is right that this child may never be fit to be free in the world amongst us, but the adult criminal justice system is hardly equipped to offer a ten year old child the psychiatric services he needs.
It is bad enough that jails have become the designed place to house the mentally ill poor, we don't need to perpetuate this.
So your claim is that he's 4-5 years developmentally stunted? That's quite a bit.