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re death penalty age in the USA: Roper v. Simmons [1] in 2005 raised the minimum age to 18. Before that, Stanford v. Kentucky [2] in 1989 set it at 16. [1] ht
by jschneier00 13y ago
re death penalty age in the USA:
Roper v. Simmons [1] in 2005 raised the minimum age to 18. Before that, Stanford v. Kentucky [2] in 1989 set it at 16.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_v._Simmons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_v._Simmons
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_v._Kentucky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_v._Kentucky