May somebody please proof read/edit my rought draft due tomorrow? PLEASE?

Question

It is for the school newspaper. It is on whether we believe juveniles shall recieve capital punishment.

I am against the juvenile capital punishment because I believe that the government’s power over its citizens should be limited. It should be limited in certain ways in order to preserve freedom from tyranny. One of those limits should be that the government should not have the right to kill citizens of any age. People make mistakes at every age, even though some of the mistakes are stupid, they should not be put to death for it.

It is also proven that the human brain is still forming at the age when a person is still considered a juvenile. If someone committed a crime that would now a day be considered getting put to death for, then that person shall not be put to death but get tried as an adult, possibly getting life in prison without parole. Death is a relief to criminals who know they will be suffering the rest of their life in prison, why should they be granted that?

Juveniles tend to get in trouble because they have bad home lives, peer pressure, or they don't have good adult supervision. I don't think they should be put to death for it. Ruthless punishment I believe will eventually teach that juvenile who committed the crime and they will regret and suffer for the insanity of a crime they committed. If put to death, then that juvenile will not learn and regret what they did.

I also used the writing from people who helped me make my decision.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070208140002AAXiBlB&r=w

Wow John Hightower. You just completely reversed my thought of this. I do not fell like re-typing this, but I see where you are coming from.

Answer 1

First off, you write well.

Second, I agree you should think a little more about your position. It is a weak position that the brain is still forming or that bad homes justify murder. Many hundreds of thousands of kids have lives that are bad - very few of them actively decide to kill. The kids who shot everyone up in Columbine knew EXACTLY what there were doing, and actively wanted to torture as many kids as possible before putting them to death.

The death penalty is not about teaching criminals. It's not even really a deterrent. It's about taking human predators out of society. You can choose to keep them in a cage for 70 years, or you can put them to death- either way the act the commited requires them to be removed from society. Remember, also, that society has the right to determine the punishments for crimes. The death penalty has nothing to do with freedom vs tyranny - it is a just punishment that we as a society have deemed appropriate for certain crimes. It was not society that choose to commit the criminal act in the first place - the criminal did. Once committed, society has the right to address that crime, even by the death penalty.

Answer 2

Having worked for a state's dept of Corrections for 12 years - and did research on criminal histories - I disagree with your position.

Some people are just so dangerous - they should never be set loose in society. Some have various degrees of mental problems. Some are predators - they hunt human victims.

Keeping them in prison for the rest of their life is too costly - and poses the risk that they may escape or harm fellow inmates and correctional staff.

Keeping them locked in a cage, for 24 hours * 7 days/week for the rest of their life - is just not right either.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

LOOK!!!! Im going to tell you rt now that what ever country your from is in need of some major help....
If what you say is true,about your government putting teens and other adolescents to death.
Im in America and while I cant offer you advice on your paper ;I can on the other hand,offer you a piece of my mind.
Move...get away while you can....befor they get you to,
Im not one who believes that capital punishment is acceptable
under any circumstance for any age for any reason....its wrong.
thats my two cents.
good luck with your paper :)

Answer 5

People make mistakes at every age, even though some of the mistakes are stupid, they should not be put to death for it.
You should add 'and' between 'age' and 'even'.

Answer 6

no mistakes.