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When a child kills, does he instantly become an adult? Or does he maintain some trappings of childhood, despite the gravity of his actions...
...defense team is hopeful the sentencing judge will be more lenient in this case. They have a powerful ally: Jeb Bush. "There is a different standard for children," the governor said after Brazill was sentenced. "There should be some sensitivity that a 14-year-old is not a little adult...
...seeing a drop because children are thinking more carefully about their crimes, knowing they could receive adult sentences? All but five states allow children of any age charged with murder to be tried as adults. The death penalty generally isn?t an option - at least not for defendants under the age of 16; The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled capital punishment unconstitutional for anyone who hasn?t celebrated their 16th birthday. Some states, however, will consider 16- and 17-year-olds for the death penalty...
...ETHICS, April 23]. As one of the principal drafters of the Oregon law, I would like to set the record straight. Contrary to what the story's graphic indicated, "mercy killing" is expressly prohibited in Oregon. Oregon's law is narrowly tailored to allow only competent, terminally ill adult patients the option to hasten an imminent and difficult death. No one else may make this decision for the patient. There are far more differences than similarities between the Oregon experience and that of the Netherlands. Most of what occurs in the Netherlands under its euthanasia law would not be tolerated...
...some point along the way, almost every child fantasizes about what life would be like without parents. It would be oodles of fun, with unlimited television, ice cream every night for dinner and none of those pesky rules imposed by the adult world. And, of course, there would be no homeowner's insurance, car payments or utility bills either. Except that's not the way it works...