Shoutbox

I'm finding that the general assumption towards "Special treatment" leans too closely to 'letting a person off easy or scott free'.

Just because someone is getting "Special treatment" doesn't mean they have an easy road and are straight back onto the streets. I think people who are unable to think to reasonable levels of rationality/intelligence etc should not get the full punishment in most cases. Of course there will be exceptions, but I agree with a special treatment. Think of someone with an uncontrollable condition which is to blame for them committing a murder - no, I don't agree to life in prison, but life imprisonment in a special centre may be adequate... it really depends on a case a lot of the time.

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Originally posted by *Saint*
Now don't forget when 3 or 4 year olds shoot someone and kill then by accident playing with their parents gun, they should be chagred and put into baby jail, doesn't matter if they didn't know it was wrong.

An adult with a mind of a 5 year old or a 5 year old with the mind of a 5 year old, they both commited a crime. They may be no expections in the eyes of the law.....

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Very good points, I was also thinking along these sorts of lines. As above, there can still be exceptions, for example a local case here with two minors killing another girl caused outrage, and there were calls for the girls who committed the murder to be tried as adults.

Again, it depends on the case, but in general I think yes, special circumstances are desirable.