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Re: Please Help

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From: Hugo S. Cunningham
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 01:13
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Adam Kippes <adam.kippes@pobox.com> wrote:

>In <3AB0FC32.F66C52C1@fmr.com>, Bill Duncan wrote:

>> Where else can you see a 14 yr old sentenced to life without parole for
>> a murder committed when he was 12,

>I see nothing wrong with this. Twelve-year-olds are certainly old enough
>to know better. The real crime occurred when murderers that age (and
>often older) get out in a few years - with a clear record, yet.

A "clear record" would be outrageous (and, yes, such was common before
we started tightening up "juvenile justice" in recent years).  But
some early-adolescents can change for the better as adults.  In the
Florida case, I would lodge the murderer in a juvenile facility and
consider him for parole in ten years.  But if he looks like a
sociopath ten years from now, we should be under no obligation to
release him. 

[...]

--Hugo S. Cunningham  
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From: hcunn@removethis.tiac.net (Hugo S. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Please Help
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 01:13:56 GMT
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