Comments on: Adult Time for Adult Crime: Chawa See

By: Jackie Oregon

Jackie Oregon — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:18:34 +0000

You get what you put in. Some will never change, some just do not know how to live , never been shown how. We should not be offering our homes, The system should have that rehab for them. Not prison where you learn twice as much there than you would in a place centered around helping, not power!. not all people are what they look like on paper, you are guilty, unless you have the money to prove it. not saying this KID was not, he needs some time, with someone who will listen and correct him and respect him, show him how life is, if he shows no improvement then i say lock em up. try to help first, he may really have remorse. My Husband was murdered from a man who had past domestic violence lied on the stand and was set free, why? if a man can be set free when guilty a man can be convicted when not. Unless you have lots of money like O.J. for example.

By: gary

gary — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:26:39 +0000

Let him get owned in jail.

By: Dona Ramirez, Anahei

Dona Ramirez, Anahei — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:11:41 +0000

I think the punishnment must fit the crime. Unfortunately, this case is very close to home, the victim was my nephew and Godson. We were told that the defendents stated that they "just wanted to see what it felt like to kill someone". With that kind of mentality, you tell me, how can we possibly rehabilitate someone so deranged. I wish they would follow the Bible, "An eye for an eye". He had barely turned 16, and something else, his 7 year old niece was with him and saw everything. Imagine how traumatic it is for her.

By: Lynn B. DeSpain

Lynn B. DeSpain — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:45:22 +0000

The Law is without emotion for a definite reason. It keeps all of us from debating whether this child/man should be punished for taking the life of another human being.

We are a Republic, and therefore a Nation ruled by Law, not man. So, in America, if you take a life,unless your life or others were in immediate danger, your life is forfiet.

By: Elgee

Elgee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:06:22 +0000

Those that follow their group will follow them until we can show that it doesn't pay to do the crime. We do without those that they commit the crime on. Why not try doing without those that commit the crimes? I think that will work, and it won't take very long for them to realize it. Yes they can be taught to do the right thing. Lets teach them that before they commit the crime by using punishment on those that lead them?

By: Mike Winsauer, Kings

Mike Winsauer, Kings — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:35:08 +0000

The inane drivel from some of the writers above makes me want to vomit. Where do these people come from? Voice of Reason (now that's funny!) and Maria, have apparently lived in a vacuum in their own universe so long that the lack of oxygen has hampered their ability to think clearly.

Slick, from Nebraska said exactly what I would have. In fact if the afore-mentioned bleeding hearts want to arrange for this murderer to move into their homes, I will pay the bus fare to get him there.

I believe that when this miscreant planned with his "posse" , to put a gun to the victims head and shoot a bullet into his brain, he and his accomplices ceased to have rights to live among the human race. Letting him live and have a chance to get out some day will only tell him and others that there will be little price to pay for these crimes. And that will make them want to stop killing? Ya, right!

By: Jerry from Chicago

Jerry from Chicago — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:47:26 +0000

Mad dogs are mad dogs.

We all cried when Ol' Yeller had to be put down,

but the farm kids got over it quick enough. There are just those times where we gotta do what we gotta do.

By: Mike Dodson, Midland

Mike Dodson, Midland — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:38:42 +0000

A person so depraved as is this young man must be either locked up for life to protect the rest of us from his psychopathic personality, or the ultimate penalty should be imposed (for the same reason).

Deterrence generally can't be measured in most crimes. But, capital punishment can be measured as a deterrent in individual cases: He won't do the same (or any other) crime again. The recidivist rate for these folks is 0, while the recidivist rate for all ex-convicts hovers around 75%.

By: M. L. Anderegg, More

M. L. Anderegg, More — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:38 +0000

Many criminal enterprises have begun to depend upon juveniles for runners and errand boys and girls, knowing that their youth will work in their favor if caught. That will continue until they are given a wakeup call. That wakeup call may well be adult sentences for adult crimes. Then, these users of our youth will have to rethink their strategy.

By: Slick - Nebraska

Slick - Nebraska — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:47 +0000

My guess is that neither Jerry in West Virginia or Voice of Reason in Suwanee, GA have never experienced a senseless crime of one of their family members. I just don't get it . . . if you have a person who has no conscience who gets a sick thrill out of killing someone because he/she can, are you willing to take the chance that NEXT TIME it will be your child, brother or sister or parents????

How do you go back to the beginning and reconstruct the life of a human being so that they will be a productive part of society, have compassion for their fellow human beings, become a steward of our environment, have a sense of integrity and self worth, exhibit a strong sense of right and wrong, and become a successful parent?

Since both of you seem to think that these kinds of people ought to have another chance, may I suggest that YOU take them into your home, make them a part of your family, expose your children to them, and see how that works out! Do you think you will have trouble sleeping at night? Maybe it will take a terrible inhumane tragedy to wake you people up to the fact that we CANNOT save everyone.