Juvenial Death Penalty

Juvenile Death Penalty
The juvenile death penalty is one of the most controversial issues of the twentieth century. The death penalty is always used as the last resort punishment. People who deserve to be on death row are people who have committed such horrible acts that there is no other punishment that fits their crime. The actual definition of capital punishment is: “the lawful infliction of death as a punishment”(West’s 216). The death penalty has existed in the United States since 1608. Currently only thirty-eight states allow capital punishment. It is known to be an argumentative topic. Everyone has his or her own opinion on who deserves to receive capital punishment, or whether or not it should actually exist. Capital punishment in the United States used to be a lot more acceptable than it is today(Strater 6).
“There are only six countries in the world that are known to have executed juvenile offenders in the ‘nineties: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Ira...