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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
So even if he did not be the mental capacity to understand his actions or the ability to stop them, he should be treated the same as someone who does?
If you believe this, then you must also think that the YCJA should be tossed out and anyone who commits a crime is treated the same, whether they are a child or an adult.
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I gotta say, I agree with T@T here. I'm all for studying DeGrood to understand why he did what he did. Why wouldn't we want to know? And maybe him being in a maximum security prison isn't the best place to do that. But I most certainly don't want him released to the public, even if he is on meds. The fact is, he HAS the capability to murder, whether it was ''him'' or not. That capability is inside him and he unleashed it. 5 people are dead and countless lives are ruined because of him (whatever ''him'' is). He should not be released. Rehabilitated or not, I feel the same way about Vin Li. And I feel the same way about the Medicine Hat girl.
And unleash the hounds on me if need be, but in the case of the YCJA, if an under-age person murders someone else, they should certainly be tried like an adult. Life is literally the most precious thing in this entire universe. When you have taken away someone's right to live, you should not be allowed back out. You are a menace to society.
Also lost in all of this are the victims. Same thing when a mass shooting occurs in the US. It's all about the accused. Why he did it. What happened. How could he do it. The accused's face plastered all over the front page. I'll bet most people following this case couldn't even name one of the victims. Likewise with any mass shooting.
Either way I agree with what was said earlier about there being justice for no one in the case, least of all the victims and their families.