[bryanthompson]

I'm trying to do some research for a paper, and can't find any articles where they take the angle that juvenile offenders should be executed. Most every article I've found takes a somewhat objective point of view, listing the points of each side, or they are against it.

Does anyone know of an article or what I should look for to find this opposing point of view??

This is going to sound ridiculous, but... well... it's me. I personally think that at the age of 16 and 17, people know what they are doing enough to be held accountable. I think the reason I think this is becuase when I was 16 and 17 I was much more mature than the other people I was around, and I think I was much more reasonable... I'm inherently biased.

Anyway, the angle I'm taking with this paper is, "Executing juvenile offenders violates the eighth amendment and should be outlawed in the United States, based on scientific research alone." In my past writing I've had problems with not focusing on one part of an issue and It ended up being random and unfinished... I think by focusing on the scientific aspect of this, my paper will be much better. Oh yeah, the angle I'm using goes against my own bias. This will be a strange exercise in proving myslef wrong, heh...

Actually, i think the reason I'm in favor, in principle, of executing juvenile offenders, is that I can't connect with these ridiculous arguments like the people who say we're the only country that still does it, or that "international law" prohibits it. Screw that, those standards are all changeable and what the hell is "international law" anyway. Sounds like something some liberal invented to make himself sound credible. I'm taking this angle, becuase scientific evience alone is enough to prove the point.

anyway... if anyone has opposing viewpoints or knows of articles that would be great!