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Innocence Of A Child

Rosa Lopez

Flint

English 4 A.P. – 1st Pd.

01 May 2006

Innocence of a Child

"…and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." – Francis Bellamy
The pledge of allegiance states justice for all, the United States culture bases its traditional values by law and society. Throughout history, societies have devised assortments of law; it stands as a body of rules and regulations founded by the constitutions and legalizations of our founding fathers to govern society and to control the behavior of its members. In some aspects, this promise of "justice for all" no longer stands for its purpose.
The Babylonian King established the Code of Hammuarbi, which basis its act on equal retaliation based on this vow of justice for all to prevail in the land and to destroy the wicked and the evil. The primary debate of capital punishment initiated in the eighteenth century has and escaladed in to modern times. It plays a great role in today's civilization to punish those who have committed horrific crimes.
The argument of whether or not to keep the death penalty active as a punishment has evolved in to a bigger battle on the assessment of sentencing minors under the age of eighteen to this horrendous accusation.
As a mother and a father, no one wants to see his or her child executed, but as desperate times come so de desperate measures. Nineteen states exists that allow the death penalty for youth offenders, some including but not limited to, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, and most southern states. In 1999, only seven states did not specify a minimum age for which the death penalty should impose. Fourteen states and the federal government required a minimum age of eighteen, four states authorized a minimum age of seventeen, and thirteen states required an age of eligibility between fourteen and sixteen (Rein 42).
The suggestion of capitol punishment as a verdict for a juvenile questions...