r. This waiver places the responsibility of transfer in the hands of the prosecutor. This can happen by the prosecutor simply bypassing the juvenile court and filing the case directly with the criminal court (Dorn and gewerth, 346). A significant case that is an example of prosecutorial waiver was People v. Thorpe in 1982. The sixteen year old defendant was convicted of three capitol crimes and the prosecutor waived in the "best interest of the juvenile" him to the side of the criminal courts (Dorn and Gewerth, 347-348). It is evident that these method of transferring make it possible to punish juveniles for their crimes. The question of juveniles and the death penalty is a difficult one for myself and many other citizens of the United States. I feel that the death penalty is, as mentioned before, "wanton and freakish." The rate at which the death penalty is carried out as well as the inconsistency with sentencing makes it hardly a deterrent. I believe as also reflected in many articles of this subject that kids are simply not deterred by any type of juvenile justice, the feelings are due reporting of over crowded facilities and a lack of harsh punishment for juveniles. If the penalty were carried out as it should be, the cost of time in prison as well as costly appeals would be eliminated. I believe that there should be some type of limit on the number of appeals submitted by an offender, This would both save money as well as save wasted money and time. The age Juveniles offenders and the death penalty make judgements for youths committing violent capital crimes extremely difficult and controversial. Inconsistency conveys a feeling of injustice. As one juvenile is sentenced and put to death, then their sentence is reversed on technicalities make me question the justice and success of this form of punishment. While age was considered a mitigating factor in the trial of a sixteen year old , Monty Lee Eddings, and his sentence was eventua...
