Juvenile Death Penalty
meantime i was doing this research, i hope it is useful ....
USA
Supreme Court Ends Juvenile Executions - March 1, 2005
see » Roper v. Simmons
© Wikipedia
High court: Juvenile death penalty unconstitutional - Mar 1, 2005
© CNN
Scott Hain -
last Juvenile executed in Oklahoma, USA - 3 April 2003
© American Bar Association
List of juvenile offenders executed in the United States
© Wikipedia
of course, now USA sentences Children to Life Without Parole.
see »
Document - USA: The rest of their lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States: a joint Human Rights Watch/Amnesty International Report Amnesty International
International Death Penalty
© AI USA
Execution of Juveniles in the U.S. and other Countries
© Death Penalty Information Center
Countries which still carry out Juvenile executions
» as of September 2008
The Last Holdouts
© Human Rights Watch
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, Yemen, China and Nigeria
Iran
In December 2003, a bill to raise the minimum age to 18 was approved by the parliament, but must still receive the approval of the highest governing body in Iran, the Guardian Council, to become law.
Although Iran is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, that forbid them to execute anyone who has allegedly committed an offence before the age of 18, they are the biggest executioners of Juveniles.
Stop Child Executions in Iran
Capital punishment in Iran
© Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia
Adults Before Their Time: Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System: V. The Juvenile Death Penalty
© Human Rights Watch
Affront to Justice - Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia
© Amnesty International
Sudan, Pakistan & Yemen
In Sudan, Pakistan and Yemen, laws prohibiting the death penalty
for crimes committed by persons under age 18 are not always implemented. Sudan has yet to clarify conflicting legislation for the north and autonomous south, while Pakistan has yet to issue regulations needed to implement the ban in all territory.
Sudan sentenced children to die over rebel raid - UN Reuters
published Nov. 22
Sudan Still Sentencing Minors to Death
© IPS News - published Nov. 9, 2010
China
For example, in 1997, China amended its Criminal Code to ban executions of persons under 18 at the time of the crime. Despite this advance, in January 2003 China executed Zhao Lin, who was reported to be 16 at the time of the offense, and on March 8, 2004 executed Gao Pan, who is believed to have been 16 or 17 at the time of the offense. Human Rights Watch has received no further evidence of death sentences against juvenile offenders.
China revised a law in 1997 forbidding the execution of defendants under age 18 at the time of the crime, but juveniles continue to be executed due to insufficient care in determining the age of defendants.
Nigeria
As of February 2008, 725 men and 11 women were on death row in Nigeria. At least 40 of them were under 18. About 53 percent were convicted of murder. Most of the rest were convicted of armed robbery and robbery.
Poverty and the death penalty in Nigeria
© Amnesty International
Nigeria: 'Waiting for the hangman'
© Amnesty International
but there is more »
Uganda: 17 Children on Death Row
article from September 15, 2009
© AllAfrica
Daily NK - Execution Legal for Minor Offences in North Korea
published Nov. 25
i really don't know how many more countries kill or have children
on death row, i just know the info we get sometimes is not right ....
this post was updated Nov. 9, 2010
Convention on the Rights of the Child
© Wikipedia
USA
Supreme Court Ends Juvenile Executions - March 1, 2005
see » Roper v. Simmons
© Wikipedia
High court: Juvenile death penalty unconstitutional - Mar 1, 2005
© CNN
Scott Hain -
last Juvenile executed in Oklahoma, USA - 3 April 2003
© American Bar Association
List of juvenile offenders executed in the United States
© Wikipedia
of course, now USA sentences Children to Life Without Parole.
see »
Document - USA: The rest of their lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States: a joint Human Rights Watch/Amnesty International Report Amnesty International
International Death Penalty
© AI USA
Execution of Juveniles in the U.S. and other Countries
© Death Penalty Information Center
Countries which still carry out Juvenile executions
» as of September 2008
The Last Holdouts
© Human Rights Watch
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, Yemen, China and Nigeria
Iran
In December 2003, a bill to raise the minimum age to 18 was approved by the parliament, but must still receive the approval of the highest governing body in Iran, the Guardian Council, to become law.
Although Iran is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, that forbid them to execute anyone who has allegedly committed an offence before the age of 18, they are the biggest executioners of Juveniles.
Stop Child Executions in Iran
Capital punishment in Iran
© Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia
Adults Before Their Time: Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System: V. The Juvenile Death Penalty
© Human Rights Watch
Affront to Justice - Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia
© Amnesty International
Sudan, Pakistan & Yemen
In Sudan, Pakistan and Yemen, laws prohibiting the death penalty
for crimes committed by persons under age 18 are not always implemented. Sudan has yet to clarify conflicting legislation for the north and autonomous south, while Pakistan has yet to issue regulations needed to implement the ban in all territory.
Sudan sentenced children to die over rebel raid - UN Reuters
published Nov. 22
Sudan Still Sentencing Minors to Death
© IPS News - published Nov. 9, 2010
China
For example, in 1997, China amended its Criminal Code to ban executions of persons under 18 at the time of the crime. Despite this advance, in January 2003 China executed Zhao Lin, who was reported to be 16 at the time of the offense, and on March 8, 2004 executed Gao Pan, who is believed to have been 16 or 17 at the time of the offense. Human Rights Watch has received no further evidence of death sentences against juvenile offenders.
China revised a law in 1997 forbidding the execution of defendants under age 18 at the time of the crime, but juveniles continue to be executed due to insufficient care in determining the age of defendants.
Nigeria
As of February 2008, 725 men and 11 women were on death row in Nigeria. At least 40 of them were under 18. About 53 percent were convicted of murder. Most of the rest were convicted of armed robbery and robbery.
Poverty and the death penalty in Nigeria
© Amnesty International
Nigeria: 'Waiting for the hangman'
© Amnesty International
but there is more »
Uganda: 17 Children on Death Row
article from September 15, 2009
© AllAfrica
Daily NK - Execution Legal for Minor Offences in North Korea
published Nov. 25
i really don't know how many more countries kill or have children
on death row, i just know the info we get sometimes is not right ....
this post was updated Nov. 9, 2010
Convention on the Rights of the Child
© Wikipedia
posted by luisa brehm at 3:04 PM
2 Comments:
Excelente informação, Lu !!
Vou ter muito para ler ...
Com que então a trabalhar no feriado ??
Beijos grandes
Hi. Interesting article. At last someone points out what is really important. Unfortunately, no government speaks about this issues loudly. Now is much more attention paid to problems like nuclear safety in Middle East and Iran but we should not forget about ordinary people in the rest of the world as well.
Best regards,
Julie
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