Select any one from the following, research the topic, and--depending on
whether you have chosen the negative or affirmative side--defend your
position:

1. RESOLVED: No juvenile should ever be processed as an adult for a
   crime committed as a juvenile ("processed" here includes
   prosecuting as an adult and sentencing to an adult institution).

2. RESOLVED: Juveniles may be executed for especially heinous crimes.

3. RESOLVED: Juveniles may not be executed when they become adults for
   crimes committed when juveniles.
 
4. RESOLVED: The government has spent too much money on research into
   the cause of delinquence with insufficent effect. Henceforth,
   the emphasis will be on punishment, deterrence, and incapatication.

5. RESOLVED: Schools must begin posting the 10 commandments on classroom
   walls and require students, while in school, to address adults
   by title (eg, Mr., Mrs/Miss/Ms, Sir, Maam) to reinstill civilized
   behavior.

6. RESOLVED: While the consequences of profiling citizens has               
   minor collateral consequences, it remains a valuable tactic in
   law enforcments' war on delinquency and must be allowed.

7. RESOLVED: "Street sweeps," the rounding up or dispersal of youth
   in public as a means of reducing gang activity and drug deals,
   should not be ruled Unconstitutional.


(NOTE: YOU MAY COME UP WITH A DEBATE QUESTION OF YOUR OWN IF YOU WISH).

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