Death Penalty and Race
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/death-penalty/us-death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-and-race
Race of Homicide Victims in Cases Resulting in an Execution since 1976
http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/death-penalty/us-death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-and-race
Race of Homicide Victims in Cases Resulting in an Execution since 1976
Stop Killing Kids!
Death Penalty Banned
Juvenile Offenders was banned by the Supreme Court in 2005. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/juvenile-offenders-who-were-death-row#streibstats
In concluding that the death penalty for minors is cruel and unusual punishment, the court cited a "national consensus" against the practice, along with medical and social-science evidence that teenagers are too immature to be held accountable for their crimes to the same extent as adults.There have been 22 executions of juveniles since 1976, 13 of them in Texas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62584-2005Mar1.html
In concluding that the death penalty for minors is cruel and unusual punishment, the court cited a "national consensus" against the practice, along with medical and social-science evidence that teenagers are too immature to be held accountable for their crimes to the same extent as adults.There have been 22 executions of juveniles since 1976, 13 of them in Texas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62584-2005Mar1.html