The death sentence.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
I believe very much in justice too. However, I also believe that mercy should have some role to play. More mercy is deserved for someone with less knowledge of the wrong they're doing than for someone who is more aware. That is my basis for thinking that someone younger doesn't deserve as harsh a sentence as someone older.

Age has nothing to do with it, in my opinion, but mental status does.

For instance, in Cary Grant's Arsenic and Old Lace (now now, don't laugh, at least until you start watching it ), he had two aunts who were quite kooky. One time, a kinless elderly gentleman had come to their place for tea, had a heart attack, and died sitting in the chair. When they saw the look of peace on his face, they decided to help other lonely old gentleman find the same peace. They amassed a total of 12 (including him). Now, they were by no means EVIL (like Jonathan, the brother of Grant's character ); what they did was certainly wrong, but they were quite a ways off their rockers, and they had no concept of what they had done. In such a case, I don't think the DP would have been appropriate. But JONATHAN was a very evil person, and as he had gotten just as many as they had, I would think it would have been appropriate for him. Really, by the time someone is 16, I would think they would know that murder is wrong. Heck, if I were to commit murder (me being 18), I would in all likelihood believe that I should receive the death penalty, and maybe even plead for it.