Lethal Injection Under Fire Again

[kandrathe]

Too often the problem with the system is it's sharp edges. Young adults are not allowed to vote, drive a car, engage in sex, drink alcohol, smoke, fill gas containers, or buy ammunition. Many demonstrate competance and maturity to be able to handle some of these things at an earlier age, and there are driving "permits" and levels of non-enforcement nearer to the edge. But, the system smacks of injustice due to the edge. It's really should be a continuum of responsibility, where some youths might not be considered adults until they are 25, and some might be fully mature at age 16.

Our system is such that you have a child at 11:59pm, and full fledged adult AT 12:00am. We even have a law in our State now that denies consuming alcohol for that hour between when they become legal, and when the bars close at 1am. I say, give them a break and let them fill gas containers at age 17. :) Really though, if youths would be patient and wait with some of their party and hormonal drives for a few years they might not muck up their lives as much. I think parents should be legally responsible for their offspring until age 18-21, with the parents deciding when to set them free.

I'm more concerned about a childs real rights that are violated, like the right to not be physically, mentally, or sexually abused, the freedom to practice their religion and the basic right to have access and be protected by the law as people and not to be treated as chattel. But, that needs to be metered through the custody of parents, where the parents are sound and are appropriatly protecting the childs interests.