Reply To: Life without Parole for Youths

I never said that he did what he was accused of during the hearings. I don’t know the truth. He did agree that he drank a lot of beer and partied like every American youth. My point is, that defines youth and he should have learnt from personal experience that youths and adults are different. There are things that you do when 16 , that you will never do at 40.

common seychel, I am not silent on Cuomo. You must have missed what I wrote about him in my past posts.

Participant, if you see the examples I brought , you will see that the SC had precedent from previous SC rulings to show new leniency and require a finding that the youth be incorrigible before sentencing him to life without parole. It is an opinion, similar to the other opinions. That they didn’t rule that way is breaking with SC precedent and a disregard for the severe punishment of LWOP for a youth.

catch yourself,
Guilt is not the issue. The punishment is what is being discussed.

Smerel,
You believe than an abused youth that kills their abuser deserves the death penalty? Or LWOP ? Maybe they deserve a gold medal?