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I don't agree with the death penalty except for perhaps some very extraordinary circumstances.
Punishment isn't a deterrent, The probability og getting caught is.
To me we aren't talking of punishment but revenge.
If we want vengence, shoot them as they "attempt to escape" and save everyone a bundle of money. Too many movies have been made of the country club conditions in prison. Try spending a week in a 4X6 cell, locked up for 23 hours a day and a concrete slab for a bed/seat and a bucket to shit and pee in. Many have chosen death over such a life.
Too many court proceedings I have witnessed have had less to do with who's right and more with who wins. There is too ucch politics. I agree with previous examples of people at or just under 18 but how do we justify trying pre-teens, some with single digit ages, as adults?
Now as to the original premise, I don't understand how age has anything to do with the constitution.
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