This goes against the writings of one of my favorite sci-fi authors, R A Lafferty, who advocated that in advanced elementary school education, the most unmanageable of sixth graders be hanged in full view of the class. Of course this occurred on Camiroi, an advanced planet sharing Earth's orbit on the other side of the sun. They claimed it worked wonders in keeping the kids under control.

As to the US Supreme Court Ruling, I think it came from a different planet, too. I liked O'Connor's opinion the best.