The thymus gland is located in the neck above the heart. The function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).he function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).
An African-American boy, George Stinney Jr., who was executed at age 14 in the killing of two young white girls has been exonerated in South Carolina, 70 years after he became the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 1900s. A judge ruled he was denied due process.
Articles about juveniles sentenced to death. No minimum age for executions in Florida. Editorial, St. Petersburg Times, April 11, 2001. In a rare moment of enlightenment, the Florida House of Representatives tentatively voted last week to exempt all juveniles from the death penalty. Those who said it was too good to be true were right.