News 9. Supreme Court Wrestling With Juvenile Execution.

<STYLE>P{margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;}</STYLE> [NEW WORDS]   ♧ wrestle (with) : v. 씨름하다, 다투다   ♧ justice : n. 판사, 재판관, 정의, 공정, 사법, 재판   ♧ death penalty : n. 사형   ♧ juvenile : a. 소년/소녀의, 젊은   cf. juvenile delinquent : 소년 범죄자   ♧ constitutional : a. 헌법상의, 합법의   ♧ capital punishment : n. 사형   ♧ death row : n. (한 줄로 늘어선) 사형수 감방   ♧ murder : v. 살해하다   n. 살인, 살인사건   ♧ railroad trestle : n. 철교, 버팀다리, 버팀목   ♧ drown : v. 익사하다, 익사시키다   ♧ execute : v. 사형을 집행하다, 처형하다, 실행하다, 수행하다   ♧ case the house out : v. 범죄를 실행키 위해 집을 미리 살펴두다   ♧ appeals court : n. 항소법원   ♧ throw out : v. 기각하다   ♧ sentence : n. 판결   ♧ beat : <상대, 적을> 패배시키다, 쩔쩔매게 하다; 속이다, 사취하다   ♧ carry A through = carry out : 수행하다, 완수하다   ♧ brag about A : A에 대해서 자랑하다   ♧ Supreme Court : n. 대법원   ♧ impose A on B : A에게 B를 부과하다   ♧ blame-worthiness : n. 비난할만함, 나무랄만함   ♧ culpability : n. 과실, 태만   ♧ mature : a. 성숙한, 분별 있는, 심사숙고한   ♧ offender : n. (법 등의) 위반자, 범죄자   ♧ democracy : n. 민주주의   ♧ vehement : a. 격렬한, 열렬한, 맹렬한   ♧ yield to A : 굴복하다, 지다, 양보하다   ♧ fate : n. 운명, 종말   ♧ rule : v. 판결하다, 결정하다       There was a very important case before the Supreme Court today. You could argue everyone before the court is important, but the justices today heard arguments about whether the death penalty for juvenile killers is constitutional. Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16-or 17-year-olds, and 74 juveniles are now on death row.   Christopher Simmons was 17 when he murdered Shirley Crook. He led detectives to the railroad trestle where he threw her off into a Missouri River to drown. The victim's daughter, Kim, believes he should have been executed.   "He cased the house out. He knew exactly what to do. He knew what he was doing."   The jury agree. But an appeals court threw out the death sentence, saying the execution of juvenile killers is cruel and unusual punishment.   "He was trying to beat the system. He knew what he was doing. He planned to do it. He carried it through and he bragged about it."   Today, a deeply divided Supreme Court wrestling with the question of whether states should execute juvenile killers. Justice Ginsberg wondered why those under eighteen should be death-eligible when they are eligible to vote.   "We cannot impose capital punishment on offenders who do not demonstrate the same degree of adult blame-worthiness, adult culpability, mature judgement, as adult offenders do."   The United States is the only democracy in the world that still executes juvenile offenders. Justice Kennedy said that the opinion of the rest of the world is vehemently against executing juveniles. Yet, Justice Scalia said that the United States should not yield to the views of the rest of the world.   "Any 17- or 16-year-old has absolute knowledge that it is wrong to rape, rob and murder."   Christopher Simmons has been on and off death row for 11 years. The fate of dozens of juvenile offenders on death row will be known when the court rules next year.