| Sumario: | Part of a special section on the American Bar Association's proposed moratorium on the death penalty. The writer discusses the desirability of a moratorium on the death penalty for juvenile offenders, particularly those aged 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes. The Supreme Court has permitted states to continue the practice of executing juveniles, but it is clear that the Court does not heavily endorse the death penalty for juveniles. The execution of juveniles places the U.S., the leading democratic nation in the world, on a par with the likes of Iran and Iraq. Alternative suggestions of incarcerating juvenile offenders for life without the chance of parole are equally hard to endorse, and attention must be focused on the young children to prevent them becoming offenders.
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