U.S. Stand on U.N. Convention for Children
We do not allow minors under 18 to vote, to sign binding legal contracts, to enlist in the Army without parental permission, or to marry without special permission because we know that they are not fully mature or responsible. But we are perfectly willing to gas them, electrocute them or lethally inject them if they commit a murder, as if they were fully responsible adults.
KENNETH A. COATES
Claremont
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