Rehabilitation until 18 (not f**king evil)
Both of these are absurd. I voted 30 years, and only for the most horrific crimes. It's a shame that the justice system tends to force a choice between these outrageous extremes.
If a 14-year-old maliciously murders six at his school, it's OK if he suffers past age 25.
At the same time, I am not impressed with those who claim "if you're old enough to do adult crimes, you're old enough to do adult time" or "at 14, you should know better" or any of that. The same tough-minded people will argue that kids are stupid, and shouldn't be trusted to vote. Yet, they don't take into account the developing brains of kids when it come to punishing them. That's a disgusting double standard.
Seriously, I don't see why both age and crime can't be taken into account. Teenagers shouldn't get away with murder, but kids don't have the same rights as adults, and they shouldn't be held to the same standards either.
uh, i wouldn't have any problem granting full legal rights to 14 year olds. in the past we had no such social construct as 'adolescent' or 'teenage.' people got apprenticeships and were productive instead of living bizarrely long chunks of their life doing nothing in particular and being isolated from socialization with adults. 'teenage rebellion' wasn't really a meme pre 20th century for a reason. actually if you dig through my posts that's a recurring theme, the destructive infantilization of the public.
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