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The United States Bureau of Prisons handles two hundred and thirty nine juveniles at an average of seventeen years of age. The United States is one of only six countries to execute juveniles. There are sixty eight juveniles sitting on death row for crimes committed as juveniles. ... In prisons, they argue that the juveniles become targets of older more hardened criminals. ... ” Leading to Prison Juvenile Justice Bulletin Report shows that two thirds of juveniles apprehended for violent offenses were released or put on probation. Only slightly more than one third of youths charged with homicide was transferred to adult criminal court. ...
Laws began changing as early as 1978 in New York to try Juveniles over twelve who commit violent crimes as adults did. ... The decision of whether to waive a juvenile to adult or criminal court is made in a transfer hearing. ... Juveniles can be tried in all stated in one of three ways. ... Barry Feld, Juvenile law scholar, suggests that waivers to adult court could be mandatory for serious crimes. Those espousing the crime control model believe that the overriding purpose is protection of the public, deterrence or violent juvenile behavior, and the incarceration of serious youthful offenders in the adult criminal justice system. ... ”
There are sixty eight juveniles nationwide on death row, which is a big increase from thirty seven in 1982. ... Others contend juveniles should be given the opportunity to put their lives back together. ... ”
The politics of it all is that many prosecutors will seek the death penalty more for juveniles who kill as a plea bargain tool to encourage the youngsters to plea to life without parole. ... Every politician is promising to get tough on juveniles. We will probably see even more call for the death penalty for juveniles for re-election sake.
A 1988 study of fourteen juveniles on death row in row in four states concluded they had brain abnormalities, low I.
Approximate Word count = 1496
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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