Being an anti-death penalty kind guy, I'm really happy to see this, a call to end the execution of people who commit crimes before the age of 18. If it were not for Lawn Odor republicans, and pandering Democrats this would not even be an issue.
A broad array of individuals and groups ranging from Jimmy Carter to Mikhail Gorbachev and the American Medical Association to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Supreme Court yesterday to declare that it is unconstitutional to execute people for crimes they committed before turning 18.
The United States is one of five countries that execute juvenile offenders, a practice that shocks European allies and violates "minimum standards of decency shared by virtually every nation in the world," nine eminent former U.S. diplomats told the court in one of 15 briefs filed yesterday. Virginia is one of seven states that execute juvenile offenders.
Of course any reversal of these statutes would make Preznit Speshul 'K' really sad...he could not make fun of the soon-to-be-executed like he did Karla Faye Tucker, and that would roon his whole dang biblical day, not to mention interrupt his conversations with the Hairy Thunderer.
