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Another life salvaged

I know some of you rightwing, fascist, law-and-order types out there will be in a snit over this decision:

ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (AP) -- A 16-year-old convicted of killing his family on newsman Sam Donaldson's ranch was sentenced Thursday as a juvenile and ordered held in state custody until he turns 21.

State District Judge James Waylon Counts ruled that the state failed to prove Cody Posey could not be rehabilitated -- the overriding factor in sentencing him as a juvenile.

Prosecutors had wanted the teen sentenced as an adult, which could have put him behind bars for 50 years.

But stop and think a minute. There is a 100-percent chance of rehabilitation. This young man will never, ever kill his family again -- guaranteed.

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