Any minor that commits a crime should not be tried for the death penalty because there's no telling why their decision was made, minors are adolescents and their brains aren't fully developed, and lastly, it violates the federal constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment. 
 
 
It is morally wrong for the government to rule the death penalty against any minor. As human beings we value life very much and we shouldn't take it for granted. Although there are minors that make reckless decisions, they shouldn't be punished with the penalty no matter how severe their case is. Everybody has different morals that they believe in, but its unjust to kill teens because who knows what could have made them do whatever they've done that is so bad that apparently deserves the death penalty. In a publicly displayed article, “Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,” states that there is just no telling what could be going on in the brain of a minor that could make them react with a terrible decision. Many decisions that are done are sometimes created from experiences at home that craft an idea of hatred. 
 
 
Another idea is that the brains of minors or adolescents are not fully developed enough to make a well thought out decision and knowing the consequence that could happen. “On August 4, 2017, a Kentucky trial case, relying on new evidence about the brains of adolescents, expanded Rope’s prosecution against executing juvenile offenders to include defendants younger than the age of 21” (Death Penalty information Center). In other words, this quote is saying that in the case of Roper v. Simmons, in 2005, the supreme court decided to cancel the execution because scientists found more information about the adolescent brains. In the new information they discovered that minors can't be held accountable for their actions compared to an adult. “Studies by the Harvard Medical School, the National Institute of Mental Health and the UCLA’s Department of Neuroscience finds that the prefrontal lobes of the brain, which regulate impulse control and judgment, are not fully developed in adolescents. Development in not completed until somewhere between 18 and 22 years of age” (Juveniles and the Death Penalty). This quote leads on to the next idea that adolescents are more bound to make unsound judgments and reasoning which also makes them less comprehensive of their consequences. 
 
 
Lastly, using the death penalty is just morally wrong and it's the same as if you were to kill any person. In the book “Debating the Death Penalty,” the author states the eighth amendment. “The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” ( Bedau, 521). The eighth amendment says that there should be no cruel and unjust punishment to anyone. This just goes on to show that the death penalty isn't the morally right thing to do because it doesn't solve anything. In the same book it says, “It remains to be seen how long it will be until the use of the death penalty becomes so infrequent as to be pointless, and it is eventually abandoned… capital punishment is the descendants of the darkest aspects of American history [...]” ( Bedau, 572). This quote is saying that the way of death penalty in general isn't worth all the time and money. Very soon in the future there won't be the existence of the death penalty, especially on minors. 
 
 
In conclusion minors should not be punished with the death penalty on a crime that was committed as if it were an adult. Unlike adults, their brains aren't fully developed and its hard for minors and teens in general to make good decisions and not realize what a consequence could be. So, let's come together and not let the death penalty determine the rest of a life of a minor. 
 
 
“J. Katz & E. Eckhom, ‘DNA Evidence Clears Two Men in 1983 Murder," New York Times, September 2, 2014.” Death Penalty Information Center. 
 
 
“Juveniles and the Death Penalty.” American Civil Liberties Union. 
 
 
Bedau, Hugo Adam, and Paul G Cassell. Debating the Death Penalty. Oxford University Press, 2005.