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More Reasons to End the Juvenile Death Penalty

Julie Baxter, writing for the Fort Collins Coloradan, provides some excellent reasons to end the juvenile death penalty. The Supreme Court will decide the issue in the case of Christopher Simmons.

There are 72 juvenile offenders facing execution in 19 states. There should be zero.

Update: Columnist Ed Lazarus at Findlaw provides this analysis of the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty.

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