Why don't we let 7 year olds be the judges?
On the one hand we have Gingersnaps 7 year old daughter asking this question: "Why do we kill people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong?".
On the other hand we have Head of Legal blogging the US Supreme Court decision in Baze v Rees on lethal injection. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-5439.ZS.html
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
The Supreme Court ruled the 8th amendment ,in relation to lethal injection, is not being violated providing lethal injection does not cause'harm'? Did they misread the word LETHAL???
ReplyDeleteYes, the 7 year old should be sitting on the Supreme Court, after school. We will just change the hours of operation.
BTW terrific that you posted about this.
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