Death Penalty

In the recent debate over whether or not to lower the minimum age for execution to the early teens, something obvious is being overlooked.

There is no way that a teenager can possibly be put to death. The death penalty procedure, from arrest to execution, almost never takes less than a decade, and often takes even longer. Even if a murderer is executed for a murder committed when he was 13, he will be at least 23 when he is executed.

MARC RUSSELL

Los Angeles