People imagine that judges are naturally endowed with special wisdom or that it comes to "rest" on those who don a black robe. Oh, that it were so.
Consider that the state of our laws can result in the following contradiction regarding a minor's maturity:A 13-year-old girl convicted of murdering her newborn infant with premeditation and malice aforethought cannot be sentenced to death because she's too immature to appreciate the consequences of her decision. The same 13-year-old can be mature enough to end the life of her unborn child by abortion, even at the point of birth.
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