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juvenile capital punishment  

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  • The juvenile death penalty, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court, currently applies to capital defendants who have attained a minimum age of 16 years of age. However, a number of states have proposed lowering the age of executions to include those as young as 11. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Juvenile Death Penalty]

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