@Kayak8 I fear I shall have to wait for Saturday to do that, though I’ve no doubt that the Court explained their rationale fully and , I hope, well. However, I still maintain that juveniles are, by the very fact of their being within that class, different from adult offenders and should ,imho, differently from adult offenders. The delinquency itself is of little consequence if we forget the status of the delinquent. Perhaps and old fashioned , out of date notion,eh? However, one I still believe in.
Much as Th. Moor is credited , in the play “A Man For All Seasons” , with saying: “I would give the Devil the benefit of law – for mine own sake.” I cannot bring myself to regard children as , truly, criminal. They lack the mens rea, though I’ll grant you the actus may in fact be there. :)
@WillWorkForChocolate Ah, you find the laws of Texas to suit you? Good. I only hope, for your sake, if not your daughters, that they continue to endorse such methods. Many states do not. I’d be careful of my traveling itinerary, were I you. :)
@Seaofclouds You, my friend, and I will remain poles apart in our judgments on this matter. I would maintain that 14 is a child and that no child should be held accountable for what they do, as a child, through out their life. A difference of opinion which bespeaks a vast difference in world view, eh?