July 19, 2004

End To Juvenile Executions Urged

July 19, 2004/ Tron Nick

Former President Jimmy Carter, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the American Medical Association and 48 nations are among those lobbying the Supreme Court to end the execution of killers who committed their crimes before age 18. The United States is among only a handful of nations that allow the practice. The high court will reconsider this fall whether such executions are constitutional. In the past four years, only five nations have executed juveniles, the diplomats said: Congo, China, Iran, Pakistan and the United States. [more]

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