Should_Juveniles_Be_Subject_To_The_Death_Penalty_

Should Juveniles Be Subject To The Death Penalty' Should Juveniles Be Subject to the Death Penalty' Juvenile crime rates are at worrisome high in the world today. The youth are an obvious example of the moral decay eating away at our civilized societies. In 1899 the problem was addressed by the formation of the juvenile justice system in an effort to more successfully rehabilitate juvenile delinquents to become contributing members of society. But does the label, “delinquent” apply to a juvenile murderer, or is a more fitting term criminal' At an adolescent age, does a juvenile understand the difference between life and death' Does he or she understand the irreversibility of their actions' And at what age should a juvenile be tried as an adult to face adult penalties for their actions' Should a juvenile be subject to the death penalty' After careful consideration and research, my answer is no, they should not be subject to capital punishment. Retentionists seek to hold the current death penalty laws unchanged for these reasons: (1) the death penalty is a deterrent for criminal behavior, (2) a murderer is not capable or deserving of rehabilitation, regardless of age, and (3) the cost of keeping a death, punishment, penalty, juvenile, life, crime, rehabilitation, capital, age, while, murder, cost, states, should, proponents, out, deterrent, average, deter, criminal, state, society, sean, people, number, million, dollars, committed, child, between, because, actions, take, system, since