While the Supreme Court decision specifically applied only to crimes short of homicide, dead victim Shelly Wallfield of Ohio, noted "My killer was convicted as a youth twice for armed robbery and attempted murder. Had he been locked up at age 17 for life, he never would have killed me when he was 25. He'd still be rotting in jail. Instead, I've been rotting in my grave, as you can plainly see", displaying gruesome wounds and her rotting flesh, evidence of being dead and buried for the last 14 months. She added "The Supreme Court just doesn't get it. The ones that voted in favor of this resolution should try being dead for a while before they make any more stupid decisions like that. We tried to get a few of the dead, former Supreme Court Justices to come help us plead our case, but nearly all said they made rulings based on what the US Constitution says and what the framers intended. Since that is out of fashion these days, they didn't think they could help us much."Other dead protesters echoed Shelly's sentiments, with one saying "The point we're trying to make is these kids have no conscience. Letting them back into society is a bad idea, and isn't fair to those innocent souls out there who are that kid's next victim. I was killed by a repeat offender, who had been been in and out of jail since he was about 14. No one held a gun to his head and made him hold a gun to my head: he made that choice all by himself. Now my wife has no husband and my kids have no dad. Does that sound 'cruel and unusual' to you?"
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