The Death Penalty and Juveniles The death penalty is an extremely heated debate, and many people are very emotional when taking about the issue. Organizations have been formed that support both sides of the argument and have tried over the years, through lobbyists, to sway the opinions of congressional leaders to take their side on the issue. Even more heated than the debate of the conventional use of the death penalty is the use of …showed first 75 words of 792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 792 total…the mental capacity to understand the crime they are committing and the punishment for it. If juvenile criminals possess the capacity to commit such gruesome crimes as adults, why then should they be treated differently? The answer is they should not be. Works-Cited Page Execution of Child Offenders. 2002. Amnesty International USA. 14 Nov 2002 <http://www.icomm.ca/aiusa/abolish/juvexec.html.> "Sniper Suspects: Malvo Talks." CNN Live on Location. Cable News Network. 14 Nov 2002. Transcript.