[ThisLittleLightofMine]

If a child knows that they will not receive the death penalty for cold blooded killing, what is to stop them? I've heard many liberals argue that the death penalty is not a deterrent, but I can't see how it wouldn't be. If you kill another person and are completely aware and did it with premeditation, shouldn't you get the death penalty, regardless of age? I think this is too broad of a decision for them to make. Each case should be looked at individually.

[combat_boots]

"If a child knows that they will not receive the death penalty for cold blooded killing, what is to stop them?"

Chilling thought that. However, what stops them now? Their respect for adults that is taught so lovingly on "The Simpsons"? Now, we are not to treat juveniles quite so openly, as they might turn, in their immature way, into real monsters, and not just the little 'monsters' we may have thought of them after they misbehave? Remember: this is now the second generation of children educated by child care, and while that is not a problem in itself, still, some of those children have raised themselves rather more than less.