Quote Originally Posted by stothelutz
It all depends on the circumstances none of you know what the kid who did the stabbing had gone through. Yes it was still wrong but condeming him to a life of emprisonment for one mistake isnt fair.
I don't see why not. This is murder we're talking about. I don't care how crappy your childhood was, when you intentionally kill another human being (except in self-defense of course) you should be out of the society game for good. When you plunge a knife into somebody's chest because you want an iPod, that's not just a little mistake like shoplifting or tax fraud, it's a heinous anti-social act that deserves a punishment at least as bad as what the victim and his family had to go through.

P.S. Nullific: Regarding your signature, I always interpreted the line as "Americanize, Americanize, view the world from American eyes".