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Juvenille Execution


             on the juveniles being sentenced to the death penalty and a high percentage of .
             juveniles have suffered from all, or a combination of, the following abuses; .
             mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, drug addiction, abandonment and .
             severe poverty. These kinds of abuses may cause serious distress for the .
             children involved. Children who are physically or sexually abused may be .
             functioning at an emotional level close to the age when the trauma occurred. .
             The experience of an abused and traumatized child is one of fear and frustration. .
             The child was raised in such an environment that the child does not know any .
             better. Then how do we have the right to tell a child we are going to give him or .
             her the capital punishment for not being raised properly. I am not saying that .
             juvenile offenders do not know right from wrong and should not be punished, but .
             that we as a society and a legal system have to consider that juveniles are .
             different from adults and should not be subject to the ultimate adult punishment. .
             Take the case of Christopher Simmons for example. He was just 17 years .
             old at the time of his offense. He received an execution sentence on May 1, 2002 .
             in Missouri. Christopher was convicted of murdering Shirley Crook. Her body was .
             found in the Meramec River in St. Louis County on September 9, 1993. She had .
             been tied with electric cable, leather straps and duct tape, had bruises on her .
             body and fractured ribs. The medical examiner determined the cause of her .
             death was drowning. Chistopher, was raised in an abusive and dysfunctional .
             family environment. He lived with his mother, Cheryl Hayes, and stepfather, .
             Bob Hayes in Fenton, Missouri. He also had very little contact with his father , .
             Dennis Simmons, and stepmother, Beth Simmons. Christopher's mother and .
             father had divorced shortly after his birth and the relationship between the .
             Hayes and Simmons' families was hostile throughout Christopher's childhood.


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