A coalition of gay groups is urging that teenager killer of Lawrence King, who was shot at his Ventury County high school for being gay, not be tried as an adult.
This an admirable position, one is search of justice rather than vengeance, mercy rather than rage.
The alleged killer, 14 year-old Brandon McInerney, deserves to be punished. But he is clearly a messed up child -- and a civilized society meets out justice toward children in a different way than it does adults.
The coalition of groups includes Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Transgender Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Equality California, Gay Straight Alliance Network, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The full report comes from the exceptional and always informative Towleroad blog.
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