<p>A state-by-state map of the minimum age for being sentenced to execution in the United States in 2000, prior to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_v._Simmons" class="extiw" title="en:Roper v. Simmons">en:Roper v. Simmons</a> case in March 2005.
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<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#ff0;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> minimum age of 18</div>
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<ul><li><b>Federal government</b>: minimum age of 18</li>
<li><b>U.S. military</b>: minimum age of 16</li></ul>
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<li>Current information from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/184748.pdf">"Juveniles and the Death Penalty" (Table 4) at the National Institute of Corrections</a></li>
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