eighteen juvenile offenders are there in the us.
how many juvenile offenders are there in the us?
eighteen
na
na
the court also looked to practices in other countries to support the holding. between 1990 and the time of the case, the court said, "only seven countries other than the united states ha[d] executed juvenile offenders ... : iran, pakistan, saudi arabia, yemen, nigeria, the democratic republic of the congo, and china." justice kennedy noted that since 1990, each of those countries had either abolished the death penalty for juveniles or made public disavowal of the practice, and that the united states stood alone in allowing execution of juvenile offenders; however, saudi arabia, iran, pakistan, and yemen continued to execute juvenile offenders after 2005, with iran executing 3 juvenile offenders in january 2018 alone. executions of juveniles have also been reported in south sudan. the court also noted that only the united states and somalia had not ratified article 37 of the united nations convention on the rights of the child (september 2, 1990), which expressly prohibits capital punishment for crimes committed by juveniles.
roper v. simmons