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by BurningCycles
2462 days ago
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>There are a million things incredibly unwise things I would have been far more likely to do at 17 than 27 now Yes, I too made very stupid choices in my younger days, which could have killed me many times over. I have not however, done things that could have hurt/killed others. That doesn't make me a saint, it just means I understand the value of human life and that I have no right to jeopardize the lives of others. These 'kids' took it upon themselves to rob a person while armed, and stab him to death. This person, named Joseph Hayes, had his life forfeit for no doing of his own, his family and friends having him removed from their lives in a most brutal way. I think the penalty should fit the crime, if you attack and kill someone unprovoked, I don't care if you are 17 years old, or if you were in a group. Your lack of regard for other human life means you should be locked away, both in order to keep people safe from you as well as a strong deterrent. Haywood Fennell is not a victim, the person he and a group of his friends decided to rob and kill is the victim. |
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"Fennell was the only one convicted in the incident."
An African American 17 year old in 1968 talking to police without a lawyer ... While the crime definitely should have been punished, it sounds kind of questionable whether the justice was served here.