Around here, Andrew, it is generally thought that approval of a judicial decision requires a bit more than approval of its results. Let’s assume that you’re right about executing people for crimes committed when they are young (although, as an opponent of the death penalty, I have to say that this practice does not strike me as obviously worse than executing people for crimes committed when they are old). What’s the justification for not allowing legislatures to draw the lines differently?
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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