Ethical Issues Either for or Against the Death Penalty

In the history of the United States there has been much controversy on the having juveniles charged with the death penalty for their actions.Recent research into the costs of the death penalty in Florida revealed the state is spending as much as $1 million per inmate just for incarceration and appellate costs.Which in much cases is not at the economic reach of most states.Trial costs would add substantially to the state's total. Florida has over 400 inmates on death row. By taking these inmates through this process it is much less expensive then having to take care of the needs of inmates.By having the death penalty it is much easier for the state to control the inmates based on the level of their crime. Although some juveniles are to young for the death penalty I believe that it is ok to have them punished with it as long as the crime is reasonable. I believe that every crime should be treated with the death penalty if it meets the requirements, regardless of age.In March 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for those who had committed their crimes at under 18 years of age was cruel and unusual punishment and hence barred by the Constitution. Which in many cases may be debatable. For example, The United States Supreme Court believes that if a teenager or juvenile was charged with first degree murder that it would be to cruel to sentence the death penalty on the individual just because their under eighteen. In my opinion I believe that this is outrages not just personally, but I believe that some individuals whom have gone through a situation where one of their family members were killed without no certain reason and the criminal or person charged did not receive the death penalty would probably get them highly upset. Today in our era we live in a world where most of our criminals start their crimes at a very young age. With the population of teenagers in the United States, and the cases of teenage bullying and