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Oct 16 2014 11:16am
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.

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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.
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Oct 16 2014 11:42am
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Slow down now, I don't think many people are advocating for a 43rd trimester abortion.



So your claim is that he's 4-5 years developmentally stunted?  That's quite a bit.



regardless if he's developmentally stunted, he has not reached mental maturity.

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Oct 16 2014 02:58pm
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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.


You of all people are citing Kohlberg?
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Oct 16 2014 05:32pm
that's wack
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Oct 17 2014 08:10am
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 16 2014 10:34am)
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 libertarians are stuck in the pre-school state?
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