Minimum Statutory Ages for the Death Penalty (third edition)

• NCJ Number: 101163
• Author(s): V L Streib
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 5 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This report lists the States with a minimum statutory age limit for capital punishment, with minimum statutory age for any criminal court jurisdiction, and with and without statutory specification of age as a mitigating factor in a capital offense.

Abstract

Of the 36 jurisdictions currently (March 1986) having valid capital punishment statutes, 27 set minimum ages ranging from 18 to 10. Of the nine jurisdictions without a minimum age, six expressly provide for age as a mitigating factor in the death sentencing decision.