Over twenty states in the U.S. agree with juvenile death penalty and the minimum age to be sentenced to death in the U.S. is at the age sixteen. Through history the total juvenile Offenders executed in the U.S. is over three hundred and sixty-five and the youngest offender sentenced to death in the U.S. was at age ten. The death penalty on juvenile offenders should be abolished. Youth offenders do not have the same knowledge and experience as an adult offender who has lived more and knows the difference between what’s good and wrong. Juvenile offenders could learn from their mistakes and change their lives following the right path. Juvenile death penalty can make seem the country as one of the most violent and cruel because besides the U.S.
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Teens are known by making bad choices in life, for example the three most common mistakes teens make are messing up their health by eating what they want or try drugs ,educational by not doing their homework and failing classes, and criminal which technically is the consequence of all above. An example of a criminal lament his acts and learning from his mistakes through life is Rene ‘’Boxer’’ Enriquez is a former Mexican Mafia member who is now helping law enforcement agencies.Since he was a teen Enriquez has recorded various criminal activities such as murdering, rape , and racketeering. After a decade, leaving the gang Enriquez currently is helping many law enforcement departments and schools because he has a lot of knowledge with the street life style he wrote three books with the assistance of Al Valdez a professor at the University of California, Irvine. Los Angeles Times has several articles focusing on Enriquez activities one of them is ‘’How a Mexican Mafia killer became a law enforcement darling’’ by Victoria Kim a legal incident reporter for the Los Angeles Times.’’He has been given a laptop and, from behind bars, has co-written or collaborated on books that provide financial support to his family. He has lectured college students and helped teach a course on gangs at UC Irvine. Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department escorted him in a …show more content…
Are known as high violent countries in earth the reason of it it’s because they want to fix violence with more violence. Even though in The United States death penalty violates the eight amendments which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment over the time there had been cases that the court considered to execute a juvenile felon. In Sept. 8, 1993 around two in the morning Christopher Simmons robbed a woman and then covered her eyes, mouth, and her arms tied and shoved her into a river. The case Roper vs. Simmons (2005) the case cause big controversy because the court was debating to execute Simmons.Then the court considered as cruel and unusual punishment to execute a felon for a crime committed when he was a minor. In the Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner v. Christopher Simmons case ‘’ The State charged Simmons with burglary, kidnaping, stealing, and murder in the first degree. As Simmons was 17 at the time of the crime, he was outside the criminal jurisdiction of Missouri’s juvenile court system. He was tried as an adult. At trial the State introduced Simmons’ confession and the videotaped reenactment of the crime, along with testimony that Simmons discussed the crime in advance and bragged about it later. The defense called no witnesses in the guilt phase.
Teens are known by making bad choices in life, for example the three most common mistakes teens make are messing up their health by eating what they want or try drugs ,educational by not doing their homework and failing classes, and criminal which technically is the consequence of all above. An example of a criminal lament his acts and learning from his mistakes through life is Rene ‘’Boxer’’ Enriquez is a former Mexican Mafia member who is now helping law enforcement agencies.Since he was a teen Enriquez has recorded various criminal activities such as murdering, rape , and racketeering. After a decade, leaving the gang Enriquez currently is helping many law enforcement departments and schools because he has a lot of knowledge with the street life style he wrote three books with the assistance of Al Valdez a professor at the University of California, Irvine. Los Angeles Times has several articles focusing on Enriquez activities one of them is ‘’How a Mexican Mafia killer became a law enforcement darling’’ by Victoria Kim a legal incident reporter for the Los Angeles Times.’’He has been given a laptop and, from behind bars, has co-written or collaborated on books that provide financial support to his family. He has lectured college students and helped teach a course on gangs at UC Irvine. Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department escorted him in a …show more content…
Are known as high violent countries in earth the reason of it it’s because they want to fix violence with more violence. Even though in The United States death penalty violates the eight amendments which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment over the time there had been cases that the court considered to execute a juvenile felon. In Sept. 8, 1993 around two in the morning Christopher Simmons robbed a woman and then covered her eyes, mouth, and her arms tied and shoved her into a river. The case Roper vs. Simmons (2005) the case cause big controversy because the court was debating to execute Simmons.Then the court considered as cruel and unusual punishment to execute a felon for a crime committed when he was a minor. In the Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner v. Christopher Simmons case ‘’ The State charged Simmons with burglary, kidnaping, stealing, and murder in the first degree. As Simmons was 17 at the time of the crime, he was outside the criminal jurisdiction of Missouri’s juvenile court system. He was tried as an adult. At trial the State introduced Simmons’ confession and the videotaped reenactment of the crime, along with testimony that Simmons discussed the crime in advance and bragged about it later. The defense called no witnesses in the guilt phase.