Evaluation:
Published: 17.12.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Juvenile Capital Punishment', 1.
  • Essays 'Juvenile Capital Punishment', 2.
Extract

Killing Our Children: Capital Punishment
Sixteen. Driver?s licenses and birthday parties. A momentary lapse in judgment, and the death penalty? In the U.S. thirty eight states allow capital punishment, and twenty three of them allow capital punishment for children as young as sixteen. In many states in this great nation of ours, youth who make poor decisions are not given the chance to rehabilitate from a single moment?s choice; they are simply given the needle. Capital punishment for juveniles is wrong, and needs to be abolished.

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