I chose this topic because I am interested in learning what the state's view on the matter. We should be concerned about our youth convicts. Do they have the right to be reformed? The outcome will help people understand what happens to juvenile murders. If people understand the situation, and know that the issue exists, some people will come up a say their opinion.

I learned a lot about this topic in my participation in government class. The names mentioned above murdered a human being. People say, "What right does the state have to take a life?" I’m saying, look at what these convicts did, they took the life of a person, what right do they have? Why should we (the citizens of the US) spend our tax dollars to shelter, feed, give medical care and make sure they are healthy. Thirty thousand dollars is spent per year, per inmate. Some of these people MURDERED someone. It’s not worth thirty grand a year to keep a scumbag murderer alive. I don’t want to spend hard earned money on some person who doesn’t care about anyone or anything. I think that’s cruel and unusual punishment. Taxpayers should not have to pay for certain murders.

I have to ask some questions. How old do you think you were when you were able to distinguish right from wrong? Now, I don’t know what other people think (although I will find out), but I knew right from wrong as early as first grade. I remember my mother telling me, "NO! You can’t do that!" These teenagers on death row use the "I’m too young, I didn’t know any better" defense routine. By the age of seventeen, if you don’t know the consequence of murder in the first degree, there is something seriously wrong. Your parents should have spotted irregular mental behavior long before seventeen.