Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States
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Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States
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Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States existed until March 2, 2005, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in Roper v. Simmons. Prior to Roper, there were 71 people on death row in the United States for crimes committed as juveniles. The death penalty for juveniles in the United States was first applied in 1642. Before the 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling that instituted a death penalty moratorium nationwide, there were approximately 342 executions of juveniles in the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States
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2007-11-20T14:19:15Z
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2024-09-10T10:27:37Z
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