Overall, each article provides separate interpretations that intermingle or conflict on the debate of the death penalty for youth. ... The juvenile death penalty has been subject to national debate and Cothern describes the history of the death penalty that has authorized 20,000 executions over the last 350 years including 361 juveniles beginning in 1642. ...
Recent studies concerning racial bias and wrongful convictions have leaded the governors of Maryland and Illinois to introduce a moratorium on the application of the death penalty in their states. ... Ehrlich Jr. ended the Maryland moratorium in January 2003 (Policy Debate pg 2). ... During 1994 2,331 child prisoners were executed in thirty-seven countries (Policy Debate pg 1). ...
These questions are very difficult to answer because both have strong points to this ongoing debate. ... It's interesting that there is even a division of opinion concerning this question in both the people who support the death penalty and those who oppose it. ...
