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.
Mexico is seeking to block the execution of Jose Ernesto Medellin, who was sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 14-year old and a 16-year-old girl in 1993. Medellin worked as a day laborer and is from Mexico.