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