Juvenile Death Penalty Law: describe and give major citations of what it entails?

8th and 14th amendment prohibits the death penalty Criteria of paper must include: 1. Need 15 References, 2. One of the sources must Scholarly Articles 3. Clear Consist points 4. Supporting Details 5. The paper must explain extensively the Juvenile Death Penalty 6. paper must be 20 pages full text and must include the following below 1. Juvenile Death Penalty Law: describe and give major citations of what it entails?? 2. Major U.S. Supreme Court Cases on the Death Penalty for Juveniles  Discuss case: Stanford V. Kentucky  Discuss case: Wilkins V. Missouri  Discuss case: Thompson V. Oklahoma 1. What are the capital crimes that are punishable by death in the United States? 3. Special Characteristics of Juvenile Death Penalty Cases  Adolescents Brains and Impulse Control are not fully developed  Continuing Impact of childhood upbringing/ abuse/two family home  Juveniles do not deserve the Measure of Punishment  Mental Health and the Death penalty  Evaluating a Juveniles Culpability in Capital Cases  Number of juveniles executed, supporting sources that conclude this amount 4. How is the Juvenile death penalty a determent?  Legal Remedies available to death sentenced individuals  Mitigation in capital cases  Prosecutorial Discretion  Jury Instructions: What Jurors Understand  Representation in capital cases 5. Arguments of the 8th and 14th Amendment  The Supreme Court decision in the 8th and 14th amendment how does it prohibit juvenile death penalty  Federal and state constitutions that prohibit the death penalty  Special standards for juveniles death penalty counsel  Background investigation of minors of juveniles executed 6. Controversy and debate : Argument  Public opinion and the death penalty  Media Influences and capital cases  Retribution  International views of the juvenile death penalty Additional Questions to consider for Conclusion of the PAPER • What changed between the Supreme Court’s decisions in Stanford and Roper to support the reversal of opinion on the execution of minors? • How does a court know whether a particular punishment is cruel and unusual? Is this a subjective judgment based on the judge’s personal beliefs, or are there objective factors to be considered? • Should international law and practices play a part in determining whether a practice has become cruel and unusual under U.S. law? • Are there other groups comparable to juveniles and those with mental retardation who should be automatically barred from the death penalty? Should those with certain mental illnesses be exempted? those over a certain age? Those who appear to have been rehabilitated while on death row?