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2007-11-02 03:30:43 · 5 answers · asked by didi 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No because, In March 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for those who had committed their crimes at under 18 years of age was cruel and unusual punishment and hence barred by the Constitution.
2007-11-02 04:01:53 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. first of all, i am against the death penalty to begin with. gahndi's "eye for an eye" quote was stated earlier, and quite frankly, until humans can create life (and pregnancy does not count, this is not US creating life) we should not be able to take it. now, the death penalty is very prejudiced in the US especially. poorer defendants don't have the money to hire good lawyers, whereas rich people do. racism is a factor in it, innocent people being killed by the death penalty is HUGE. now, the most horrible part of the death penalty, is that they kill people with mental disabilities. people that aren't responsible for their own actions. that can't understand that what they're doing is wrong. this is exactly the same reason why it should not be imposed upon children. many of them, if they have done something wrong, do not realize it.
2007-11-02 04:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by Neferiel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. I am against the death penalty for adults and definitely against a death penalty imposed on children.
Why?
Because it's wrong to kill people. Two wrongs don't make a right. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. What's the difference between a human murdering another human and the government murdering another human? It's still murder in my opinion. Give them life in prison. Being locked up in an 8x8 cell for the rest of your life would be a deterrent and quite upleasant I'd imagine.
2007-11-02 03:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't support the death penalty for any crimes. With that said, I am against what people say when it comes to teens "not knowing any better." I remember when I was a teen and I did know, for example, that rape and murder were wrong.
I think people allow teens to get away with way too much in society and if a teen murders someone, then they need to pay the same price a 20-something adult would.
So I would support, for example, a life sentence for a 15yr old who kills their parents (assuming it can't be proven that it was in self-defense).
2007-11-02 03:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by June 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if the Supreme Court hadn't decided that executing people for crimes committed as juveniles, it doesn't make sense. We don't allow people under 18 to vote, to serve on juries, to buy alcohol and cigarettes in many states, to drive, in many jurisdictions, to serve in the army etc.
2007-11-02 09:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋