Capital Punishment and Juveniles

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment.

Constitutional law.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2005

Summary:

Discusses constitutionality of capital punishment for juveniles as it relates to Eighth Amendment and reviews Supreme Court decisions regarding execution of juveniles. Examines legal history of issue and 2003 Missouri Supreme Court decision to ban execution of juvenile offenders

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Capital Punishment and Juveniles

Publisher Number:

CRS-2005-AML-0031

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