Trying Children As Adults
0Last week, a Michigan jury convicted a 13-year-old boy of second-degree murder for a crime he committed as an 11-year-old. What do you think of the growing legal trend of trying children as adults?
“As a federal judge and longtime closet pederast, I am strongly in favor of trying 11-year-olds as adults.”
Stanley Gibson –
Federal Judge“I hope the adult courts have some of those plastic booster chairs.”
Liz Strunck –
Teacher“I do not believe minors should be allowed to shoot people, nor do I believe their victims should be allowed to die.”
Hannah Leigh –
Psychologist“Come on, people, didn't any of you go through a rebellious homicidal phase during adolescence? You grow out of it.”
John Roble –
Bartender“I believe the children are our future: nasty, brutish and short.”
Bill Buchanan –
Systems Analyst“Children should face the same consequences as adults for committing murder: four years in a federal penitentiary.”
Daniel Doering –
File Clerk
