The Death Penalty for Teens: A Pro/Con Issue

by Nancy Day

Examines both sides of the debate over whether teens under the age of eighteen should be sentenced to death for committing murder.

64 pages, Library Binding

First published December 1, 2000

About the author

Nancy Day (Sakaduski) is the author of more than 100 articles and 15 books. Nancy has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland and an Executive M.B.A. from Loyola College. She currently resides in Chadds Ford, PA, where she is working on the third edition of Scientific English (as co-author).

Nancy is President of Sakaduski Marketing Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm that works with companies in the dental industry.

In addition to her business and writing activities, Nancy is heavily involved in community service. She is the Chester County Master Gardener Coordinator; serves on the Board of Directors and is Vice President of the Center for the Creative Arts, an arts center in Yorklyn Delaware; is a member of the Resource Development Committee for 4-H Creating Community Networks, an organization that provides outreach services in at-risk neighborhoods; and is on the Board of Directors of the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford.

AWARDS: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Award for Nonfiction, 1995, for article "Mapping the Mind"; Best Social Studies Book of the Year designation from Society of School Librarians International, 2003 CALIFORNIA COLLECTION.

Reviews

[Kadee · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was informational. It's a good start to learning about the death penalty for juveniles. If you read this there are two things to be aware of. One is you can see the bias the author has towards the death penalty in their writing. Two be aware that some of this information is inaccurate. For example, in the first chapter, it was said that in 1977 someone was killed by the death penalty. Then near the back of the book, there was a chart saying that there were zero deaths in 1977 under the death penalty.