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In the end it doesn't matter to me. He wasn't treated right according to our own laws, and that shame is on us. He's also served a very severe sentence - no other 15 y o would get that kind of harsh time for murder, so we've had our pound of flesh. But, you know, I hope they continue to keep a weary eye on him.
I agree. He plead guilty to a war crime, therefore he was a child soldier. If he wasn't a child soldier, he was a young offender, and should be treated accordingly.
What went on in Guantanamo is not how we treat either of those cases.
I believe in treating a person based on how they
act. And this man has shown to me that he plans to act like a good upstanding member of the community. Until he shows otherwise, I think that is how society should treat him.