Juvenile Offenders and Capital Punishment
Although there are many different views and points to look at when discussing capital punishment, juvenile offenders should be excluded from the death penalty, because capital punishment is cruel, inhumane and barbaric. Capital punishment does not belong in the penal system of any modern, progressing culture. Is it really up to our justice system to decide one's fate? Is it up to our nation to decide whether to kill or not to kill the killers? When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, serial killers, and other things. So what should be done about this crime rate? More and more children are becoming murderers. The reason is obvious: they see that if they kill someone they go to jail, get the death penalty, and the government, who they know as the "good guy" kills them for punishment. Lesson learned: the finger is pointing to its own actions. Learning morals is only as hard as people make it. Why complicate things? Sentencing children to death reflects a conflict between a criminal justice system that has grown
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Approximate Word count = 754
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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