Dead Teen Walking

I do not think that Shareef Cousin should have been put on death row. There are five specific reasons why he is innocent. The witness didn't even have her glasses on, there was no physical evidence to put Cousin at the scene of the crime, he had a basketball game that night from which his coach dropped him off at a time that would have bbeen impossible for him to have done it, and three of his team mates were in the car too but were "mysteriously" gone when the defense lawyers were about to call them in. These are all legitimate alibies for Cousin to have not done the crime. Even if he had, I still don't believe he should be put on death row because he is a juvenile and he was having a tough time in life at that time. I see a connection between the two readings because he was having a rough time in his life when he supposedly shot someone, as White Fang became more and more vicious as he was kept in Beauty Smith's dog fighting escapades. Cousin thought he had found his father, but the man disowned him as White Fang's mother disowned him when she had a different litter of puppies. It just goes to show how something like that can affect someone so deeply. I think White Fang impacted my viewpoint on it a little bit. I don't think every person who murders someone should be put on death row, but there is also a point at which juveniles who have had a really tough life don't know how to deal with their anger so they take it out on somebody that doesn't matter to them.