MikeDunnAuthor<p>A reply to the critics:</p><p>1. “The U.S. doesn’t execute children.” </p><p>Officially, this is true, but only since 2005, when there were 71 people on death row for crimes they were accused of committing as juveniles. The U.S. executed 364 juveniles prior to 1972. Between 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated, and 2005, it executed another 22 people for crimes they were accused of committing as juveniles. But this is only those convicted in court. Since 2015, the cops have killed well over 100 youths, many of whom were unarmed, murdered because of their race, class, or disability. These could be thought of as extra-judicial executions of juveniles.</p><p>2. “Most school shooters commit suicide, so there wouldn’t be any possibility of a death sentence.” </p><p>According to this 2013 article (<a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/how-often-do-mass-shooters-die-their-attacks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popsci.com/science/article/201</span><span class="invisible">3-09/how-often-do-mass-shooters-die-their-attacks/</span></a>), around 48% of mass shooters (not limited to just school shooters) died in their attacks, either by their own hand, or by the cops.</p><p>Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, who killed 4 kids, 1 teacher, in the Westside Middle School massacre, in 1998, were 13, and 11, respectively. This occurred back when the U.S. was still executing juveniles. However, they were imprisoned, instead, and released at the age of 21, according to state law. And then there is James Holmes, 30, who committed the Aurora, Colorado theater massacre of 12 people, in 2012. While not a school shooting, it was a mass shooting. And he, too, was not executed. He is currently serving 12 consecutive life terms.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schoolshooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schoolshooting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massshooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshooting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/luigimangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luigimangione</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a></p>