Last week, a Michigan jury convicted a 13-year-old boy of second-degree murder for a crime he committed as an 11-year-old. What do you think of the growing legal trend of trying children as adults?
“As a federal judge and longtime closet pederast, I am strongly in favor of trying 11-year-olds as adults.”
Stanley Gibson • Federal Judge
“I hope the adult courts have some of those plastic booster chairs.”
Liz Strunck • Teacher
“I do not believe minors should be allowed to shoot people, nor do I believe their victims should be allowed to die.”
Hannah Leigh • Psychologist
“Come on, people, didn’t any of you go through a rebellious homicidal phase during adolescence? You grow out of it.”
John Roble • Bartender
“I believe the children are our future: nasty, brutish and short.”
Bill Buchanan • Systems Analyst
“Children should face the same consequences as adults for committing murder: four years in a federal penitentiary.”
Daniel Doering • File Clerk
