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Juvenile Justice: The Ethics of Capital Punishment

Juvenile Justice: The Ethics of Capital Punishment

Introduction to the Case and Core Ruling The landmark 1989 decision of Stanford v. Kentucky, decided concurrently with Wilkins v. Missouri, represents a crucial inflection point in United States jurisprudence regarding the application of capital punishment to juvenile offenders. This ruling addressed whether the execution of individuals who were sixteen or seventeen years of age […]

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