Death_Penalty

Death Penalty 1. Issue: The goal of this paper is to show the pros and cons and give information on the juvenile death penalty. For the purpose of consistency in this paper, the definition that comes to mind when I hear “juvenile offenders” are those under the age of 18 at the time of their crime. Although there are those who have good arguments for the juvenile death penalty, which will be presented later on in my paper, I think that it’s a shameful practice. The following quote written by Robert Hirshon, is also my position on the juvenile death penalty: “The practice of executing individuals for crimes committed when they were children is unacceptable in a civilian society, irrespective of guilt or innocense. As citizens, persons under the age of 18 cannot vote, serve on juries, make medical decisions for themselves, or enter into contracts. We do not permit juveniles to conduct these activities because we believe that they lack the capacity to fully appreciate the consequences of their actions; it is deeply troubling that we, as a democratic society, then pass laws allowing their execution. Executing those on death row for the crimes committed death, penalty, juvenile, age, texas, crimes, states, punishment, offenders, juveniles, crime, court, supreme, society, out, executed, committed, united, state, execution, time, should, people, executions, children, been, under, one, virginia, minimum, feel, capital