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Originally Posted by Shaun
My cousin was stabbed to death. Do I want the perpetrator executed? No.
Much of my family do...but they're...dare I say...of the "punish first, ask later" mentality. I hesitate to use the equally predictable "an eye for an eye leaves us all blind" quote, but there's really no use in killing an 11 year old child.
Ask yourself - did you have a firm grasp on right and wrong at that age? I'm not defending him - but this was more than likely not done in cold blood, it was more than likely a heat-of-the-moment thing.
It just seems so prehistoric to go on screaming for the death penalty. I thought we were more civilised than that.
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Well first of all I never even mentioned executing anyone and secondly I did say in my first post that I wasn't sure about an 11 year old, I was just talking about rehabilitation in adults, this case is unusual and I really don't know what I think about it tbh cos he's so young.
on a side note, I never knew that about your cousin, that's awful
