According to Dieter, "federal courts do not consider the death penalty unconstitutional until the defendant has been deprived of his due process rights" [16]. Furthermore, Dieter emphasizes that "the death penalty does not violate constitutional law as it existed at the time of the adoption of the Eighth Amendment" [16]. Capital punishment is used to impose the ultimate penalty on those who have committed unspeakable criminal acts in violation of the law of this land. This includes those who are considered juveniles who committed these types of crimes when they were under the age of eighteen. People have the right to live without fear that someone in society will commit such heinous and brutal crimes again if they are not sentenced to death. age matters. To point out, people who kill, brutalize, torture and kill with evil intentions should be sentenced to death. Opposition to the death penalty is in fact an issue that worries many people, especially when the death penalty is imposed on minors. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, "a study by Harvard Medical School, the National Institute of Mental Health and the UCLA Department of Medicine Neuroscience supports the fight against the death penalty by stating that adolescents are more impulsive and immature in make healthy judgments because of the way they grow and develop" [ 1 ]. Will this be a defense on the part of the brutal child killers? Will the age factor release them, incarcerate them for a couple of years and then they will be free back in the community? This defense is not, in my opinion, a valid defense for victims and their families who have had to lose a loved one in the moment. hands of a young assassin. As for the death sentence, all murderers should be... middle of paper... the perpetrator should be punished and held accountable for the evil acts committed by him or her. In particular, the protection of citizens and the community should be of utmost concern. To emphasize, capital punishment and juvenile delinquents should be an issue examined in greater detail to prevent an offender from striking again. People who oppose the death penalty for juveniles usually argue the age factor and that juveniles do not know any better due to their maturity. level. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, “researchers indicate that there is no direct link between brain development and behavior in youth” [ 5 ]. Additionally, Dianne Clements, president of Justice For All, a Houston victims' advocacy group, explained that "the young people who kill know that what they did is illegal and wrong as they try to hide and destroy evidence"." [ 5 ].