On 6 Mar 2005 16:30:10 -0800, the inscrutable jim rozen
spake:

In article , Larry Jaques says...

4 out of 9 justices and many in the public disagree.

Hmm. I thought it was 7-2 actually. Is Rehnquist participating
at the moment?

I saw 5:4 in the news articles I read. Google #1:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar6.html
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Kennedy Reversal Swings Court Against Juvenile Death Penalty

By Charles Lane
Monday, March 7, 2005; Page A17

In banning capital punishment for juvenile offenders last week, the
Supreme Court once again demonstrated its pivotal role in domestic
and, indeed, world affairs.

The 5 to 4 ruling swept aside laws in 20 states that permitted juries
to sentence 16- or 17-year-old murderers to death, thus ending the
United States' status as the last country on Earth that sanctioned the
execution of those who commit crimes when they are younger than 18.
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Is it time for your medication or mine, Jim? Herr Shrub says he's
a Republican, too, but that doesn't make him one in actuality. His
actions speak strongly against that possibility.

Nah, he's the apex of republicanism! He's got the mandate from
the us citizenry to be the ultimate one.

OK, you just volunteered for meds.


sense to not do anything irretrieveable. When the state kills
somebody, that's irretrievable. So puttem behind bars.

Is when the murderer kills someone any different? Well, once the
prison population gets above 50% here in the USA, maybe those 5
Justices will think differently.

More walls, more bars. But first get rid of that moronic 'war on
drugs.'

Recycle the former (Soylent Gray?) Amen to the latter.

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