The youngest criminals sentenced to death. Executions of children and adolescents from 10 to 17 years

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What could such a terrible young criminals do that they were sentenced to such severe punishment? It’s not always a murder. It is good that in many countries there are moratoria on such executions and similar occurrences are less and less common.

15 sad stories from all about juvenile offenders sentenced to death. There are girls.

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A fourteen-year-old black boy was seen in the company of two white girls. Children just picked flowers. But soon the bodies of the murdered girls were found with traces of beatings inflicted with metal objects.

George was detained by the police. Parents vainly tried to see him – it was forbidden. During the interrogations, pressure was exerted – as a result, the boy pleaded guilty. The jury ruled on the death penalty within a matter of ten minutes. By the way, there was not one African American among the jury.

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