Can juveniles be subject to the death penalty in the United States?
Full Question:
Can juveniles or minors be subject to the death penalty in the United States?
07/13/2009 |
Category: Criminal ยป Sentences |
State: ALL |
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Answer:
The United States has had a long and tumultuous history with the death penalty for minors. United States’ history of capital punishment for children has its origin in English common law. Later on in the fourteenth century minimum age for death penalty was set at age seven. From fourteenth century through eighteenth century minimum age was set at fourteen. Finally through the landmark 2005 decision in Roper v. Simmons, minimum age was set under eighteen years.
