Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers
In a huge move, The Supreme Court forbid the execution of minors (under 17) at the time of the execution:
The 5-4 decision throws out the death sentences of about 70 juvenile murderers and bars states from seeking to execute minors for future crimes.The executions, the court said, were unconstitutionally cruel.
It was the second major defeat at the high court in three years for supporters of the death penalty. Justices in 2002 banned the execution of the mentally retarded, also citing the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments.
The New York Times has a great article about this. Another great step.
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