Application Of the Death Penalty for Juvenile Delinquency

Abstract

The rate of juvenile crime has been increasing in modern society, and as the cases of juvenile crime in society become more severe and younger, the age of criminality is gradually lowering, resulting in many cases of juvenile crime. Juvenile crime, due to the special nature of its "juvenile" identity, is not covered by death penalty provisions in most countries' laws. Many people believe that juvenile offenders should be sentenced to death, but there is no such provision in Chinese law, and therefore, it has been a topic of discussion whether juvenile offenders who have violated the criminal law should be executed. Compared with other countries, many countries have executed juvenile offenders in the past. Many people then ask: Why can't juvenile criminals also be included in the death penalty? Meanwhile, many people begin to question whether the juvenile protection law is truly correct or fair, and whether the death penalty is applicable to juvenile offenders who have violated the criminal law.