I don't know if I've asked this already but...

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I would agree to a point that the death penalty should be extended to 16 or 17.

Someone earlier had mentioned "they can't vote, but we can sure kill them (paraphrase)" Well, voting and politics in general require a bit more study, much more of a glance than basic right and wrong. Politics have so many shades of grey that I don't blame them for making the voting age 18, however, in the case of a psychologically normal 16 year old (meaning one who is not schizophrenic or mentally retarded) they should KNOW that murder is wrong. And I only agree with the death penalty because I believe it is a GRAVE injustice to the family of the victim that such a murderer would only have to worry about the occasional butt raping once in awhile. I always thought about it like this: I was anti-death penalty until I thought about how I'd react if a cold blooded murderer deliberately killed someone I was very close to. No one deserves to lose their lives, especially not the innocent, but I believe if you're willing to TAKE a life, you should be required to forfeit yours as well.