Murder is Murder

Source: "Supreme Court Declares Juvenile Death Penalty Unconstitutional"

 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june05/death_3-02.html

From the Constitution

Article 3
Section 2
The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United States shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more states;--between a state and citizens of another state;--between citizens of different states;--between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.

Connecting to the Constitution

In March of 2005 the Supreme Court declared juvenile death penalty unconstitutional. According to the article the Supreme Court believes that a lot of other things that have to do with the law are postponed to the age of 18, so the death penalty should be too. This connects to the constitution because the judicial is the only branch that can declare laws unconstitutional. This is apart of checks and balances.

Personally, I think if one is old enough to murder someone, then they're old enough to face the consequences. Doing something like that means you have mature intentions, so you should face what "mature" adults have to face. I think that the "child" should be held until of age, then given the death penalty.