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Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison URL: http://eji.org/eji/files/20071017cruelandunusual.pdf Description: This 2007 study "has documented 73 cases where children 13 and 14 years of age have been condemned to death in prison. ... This report is intended to illuminate this cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on children, particularly for those who have been without legal help for so long." Includes profiles of some of the children, data, and photos. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the nonprofit law organization, Equal Justice Initiative. LII Topics: Capital Punishment, Crime, Criminals, Prisons Publisher: Equal Justice Initiave Extra Keywords eighth amendment 8th LII Database Information: Record 24740 created by Jennifer English on 10/22/2007 Last modification on 10/22/2007 Published: 10/25/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24740 |
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