Should Teens Start To Kill

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How is executing an adolescent for murder going to solve the problem at hand.
So is it not bad enough that we have one life taken but now by executing the teenager we have two deaths on our hands. A Lot of people would agree that the death penalty is the solution. But in the end it does not really make sense. There are quite a few reasons why execution is not the answer. Executing the teenage murderers is not going to bring back the victim.
Adolescents brains are not fully developed. Their brains will not resemble those of adults until their early twenties. The parts of the brain responsible for the most control, controlling impulses, and planning ahead -the hallmarks of adult behavior- are one of the last sections to mature. In the teenage …show more content…

But killing them is not making them pay or learn from what they did, it is taking away their life. We should help them to become something better. Give them the right tools and counseling or whatever they need to pick up the broken pieces of their life and make something out of it. Show them that they are not just another number and name in the system. Show them what forgiveness is even though they have done one of the worst crimes. Make them learn from the their actions and actually make them face their problems instead of letting them run from them. We should try to help them unharden their hearts and let them know that somewhere in this messed up world, someone out there is still rooting for them. But also make them aware that what they did is unacceptable and hurt a lot of people. And That killing someone is never the answer.
They should definitely have to be accountable for what they did. But how can they be accountable for what they did and feel true remorse if they are no longer in this world?
In the end executing an adolescent for murder is not the answer. Let’s find other ways to deal with this problem. A lot of people are for the death penalty but think if it was someone you loved being executed so young or let alone even someone you

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