Overall, each article provides separate interpretations that intermingle or conflict on the debate of the death penalty for youth. ... Although, this brought forth the idea of developmental differences in youth the 20th century has experienced a higher amount of violent crime and in response has manipulated the juvenile justice system to result in allocating stricter policies and punishments. These stricter policies and punishments have given rise to an increase in death penalty sentencing and life in prison for youth. ...

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The strict language of these policies were intended to hold students accountable for their misbehavior at school; however, according to Skiba & Knesting (2002), the lack of consideration for context in these cases has resulted in the criminalization of what are considered by many to be normative adolescent behaviors. ... As a federal mandate, schools reliant on federal funding had to adopt this strict, no-nonsense policy and thus Zero-Tolerance Policies became a reality in 94% of school across America (Cerrone, 1999). ... When Shanon noticed that the lunch box had a knife in it, she informed...

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