---
title: 'Editorials Regarding the Juvenile Death Penalty'
description: 'The Following Newspapers Published Editorials Supporting the Abolition of the Juvenile Death Penalty: American Medical News Arizona Daily Star Baltimore…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/editorials-regarding-the-juvenile-death-penalty'
section: stories
date: '2005-03-31T17:01:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:52:24-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

The Following Newspapers Published Editorials Supporting the Abolition of the Juvenile Death Penalty:

- [American Medical News](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/death-penalty-for-minors-cruel-and-unusual)
- [Arizona Daily Star](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/executing-young-offenders)
- [Baltimore Sun](/stories/international-shame)
- [Battleboro (Vermont) Reformer](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/too-young-to-die)
- [The Birmingham (AL) News](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-juveniles-alabama-ag-shouldnt-defend-shameful-practice)
- [Casper (WY) Star Tribune](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-juveniles-is-wrong)
- [The Chicago Sun-Times](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/teens-sentence-could-be-fate-worse-than-death)
- [Concorde (NH) Monitor](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-kids-death-sentence-for-children-says-theyre-beyond-redemption)
- [The Daily Targum (Rutgers Univ.)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/cruel-and-unusual)
- [Dallas Morning News](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-minors-u-s-justices-should-declare-it-unconstitutional)
- [Daytona Beach News-Journal](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/shameful-superlative-u-s-leads-world-in-execution-of-young-offenders)
- [Decatur Daily](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-youthful-offenders-not-a-worthy-battle-for-king)
- [Denver Post](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/no-death-penalty-for-minors)
- [Detroit Free Press](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/teen-executions-court-should-ban-death-penalty-for-minors)
- [Greensboro (NC) News and Record](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/high-court-weighs-juvenile-executions)
- [The Honolulu (HI) Advertiser](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/juvenile-death-penalty-makes-no-sense-at-all)
- [The Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/supreme-court-opening)
- [Kansas City Star](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/court-should-end-juvenile-executions)
- [Kentucky Courier Journal](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-juveniles)
- [Lakeland (FL) Ledger](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/set-minimum-execution-age)
- [The Miami Herald](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/a-merciful-consensus-in-a-moral-society)
- [The Minnesota Daily](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-teens-cruel-unusual-and-barbaric-outside-of-the-united-states-only-seven-countries-still-execute-minors)
- [News & Observer (NC)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/a-higher-standard)
- [News and Record (NC)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/high-court-should-ban-teen-executions)
- [The Oregonian](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/no-juveniles-for-the-chair-the-supreme-court-should-rule-that-lengthy-prison-sentences-are-more-appropriate-for-young-killers)
- [Orlando Sentinel ](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/going-too-far-our-position-the-death-penalty-should-be-reserved-for-adult-criminals-not-kids)
- [Palm Beach Post](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/ban-under-18-executions)
- [The Pantagraph (IL)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/eliminate-death-penalty-for-murderers-under-18)
- [The Pensacola (FL) News Journal](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/court-should-keep-children-off-death-row)
- [The Philadelphia Inquirer](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-violent-teens)
- [Portsmouth (NH) Herald](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/the-execution-of-juveniles-has-no-place-in-a-civilized-world)
- [The (Santa Rosa, CA) Press Democrat](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/killing-teens-u-s-needs-to-draw-the-line-on-executions-at-age-18)
- [Rapid City (SD) Journal](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/pass-death-penalty-bill)
- [Roanoke (VA) Times and World News](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/spare-the-death-penalty-for-juvenile-crimes)
- [St. Louis Post-Dispatch](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/u-s-supreme-court-are-we-civilized)
- [St. Petersburg Times](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/draw-the-line-the-florida-senate-voted-tuesday-to-end-the-death-penalty-for-juveniles-the-house-should-now-do-the-same)
- [San Diego Union Tribune](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-juveniles-its-time-for-america-to-ban-the-practice)
- [Sedalia (MO) Democrat](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/time-to-stop-executing-children)
- [Shreveport (LA) Times](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/ban-executions-for-juveniles-louisiana-should-join-the-rest-of-the-country-and-stop-executing-young-offenders)
- [The (Springfield, MA) Republican](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/death-penalty-in-u-s-no-longer-childs-play)
- [The Springfield (MO) News-Leader](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/executing-juvenile-offenders-is-barbaric-ought-to-be-ended)
- [The (Staunton, VA) News Leader](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/cruel-and-unusual-1)
- [The Sun (Myrtle Beach, SC) News](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/other-voices-it-hurts-u-s-to-execute-minors)
- [Tampa Tribune](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/no-death-penalty-for-juveniles)
- [The Tennessean](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/should-nation-allow-executions-for-crimes-committed-as-juveniles)
- [The University Wire (Univ. of Florida)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/court-must-be-moderate-on-controversial-rulings)
- [The Virginian Pilot](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/malvo-case-exposes-states-death-penalty-split)
- [Washington Post](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/playing-by-texas-rules)
- [Yankton (SD) Daily Press](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/s-d-should-get-rid-of-death-penalty-for-minors)
- [Canada: The Globe and Mail](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/articles/youths-on-death-row)