Throughout our country, juveniles getting executed for something that they can’t process. People argue that the youth have the same mental capacity as an adult. But why should a 10 year old be executed if he/she does not know the consequences of their actions? Very plainly, juveniles should be excluded from the death sentence. The minor does not know their rights from wrongs at their young age. Minors do not often understand what they have done, and killing does not bring justice. Violence is not the answer, and brings out the worst in most individuals. Minors cannot drive, drink alcohol, nor vote, so why should they be convicted of an adult crime if they cannot do things adults can?
According to apecsec.org, minors understand right and wrong for the most part, but they do not process the fact that one wrong action can lead to execution. The logic slowly develops as the child reaches
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He called the police, and did an investigation on the crime scene. The police found her body in the river below the bridge at the nearby state park. Meanwhile, Simmons was bragging about killing a woman to his fellow peers and later questioned by the police. During the questioning, Simmons confessed and was later convicted of burglary, kidnapping, and murder. He was tried as an adult, and nine months after his eighteenth birthday, he was sentenced to death. The Roper vs. Simmons case clearly illustrates that anyone has the capability of being a murderer despite their age. However, the death penalty is considered a form of revenge and is considered ethically wrong. In the United States, it is illegal to punish juveniles for a capital crime. Individuals state that reinforcing capital punishment is a way to get back at the perpetrator, but putting the criminal on death row and killing him/her for what they have done wrong is considered ethically wrong and a form of