List of executions of juvenile offenders in the United States since 1976
This is a list of juvenile offenders who have been sentenced to death and executed by the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 , and who were under the age of majority at the time of their act. Since the reintroduction of the death penalty, 22 people have been executed for crimes committed as minors.
On March 1, 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that death sentences for criminals under the age of 18 were a cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution and were therefore prohibited.
See also : Execution of Juveniles in the United States and Criminal Responsibility in the United States
list
| number | date | Surname | Age at execution | Age at the time of the crime |
"Race" ( Race ) |
gender | Country | Type of execution | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 11 1985 | Charles Francis Rumbaugh | 28 | 17th | Whiter | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 2 | Jan. 10, 1986 | James Terry Roach | 25th | 17th | Whiter | man | South carolina | electric chair | |
| 3 | May 15, 1986 | Jay Kelly Pinkerton | 24 | 17th | Whiter | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 4th | May 18, 1990 | Dalton Prejean | 30th | 17th | African American | man | Louisiana | electric chair | |
| 5 | Feb 11, 1992 | Johnny Frank Garrett | 28 | 17th | Whiter | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 6th | July 1, 1993 | Curtis Paul Harris | 31 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 7th | July 28, 1993 | Frederick Lashley | 29 | 17th | African American | man | Missouri | Lethal injection | |
| 8th | Aug 24, 1993 | Ruben Montoya Cantu | 26th | 17th | Latino | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 9 | Dec. 7, 1993 | Christopher Burger | 33 | 17th | Whiter | man | Georgia | electric chair | |
| 10 | Apr 24, 1998 | Joseph John Cannon | 38 | 17th | Whiter | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 11 | May 18, 1998 | Robert Anthony Carter | 34 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 12 | Oct 14, 1998 | Dwayne Allen Wright | 24 | 17th | African American | man | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 13 | Feb. 4, 1999 | Sean Richard Sellers | 29 | 16 | Whiter | man | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | |
| 14th | Jan. 10, 2000 | Douglas Christopher Thomas | 26th | 17th | Whiter | man | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 15th | Jan. 13, 2000 | Steve Edward Roach | 23 | 17th | Whiter | man | Virginia | Lethal injection | |
| 16 | Jan 25, 2000 | Glen Charles McGinnis | 27 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 17th | June 22, 2000 | Gary Lee Graham (Shaka Sankofa) | 36 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 18th | Oct 22, 2001 | Gerald Lee Mitchell | 33 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 19th | May 28, 2002 | Napoleon Beazley | 25th | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 20th | Aug 8, 2002 | TJ Jones | 25th | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 21st | Aug 28, 2002 | Toronto Markkey Patterson | 24 | 17th | African American | man | Texas | Lethal injection | |
| 22nd | Apr 3, 2003 | Scott Allen Grove | 32 | 17th | Whiter | man | Oklahoma | Lethal injection |
Overview by year and state
| MO | GA | LA | OK | SC | TX | VA | People | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||||
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4th | |||||
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| People | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 22nd |
Others
The Johnny Garrett case was the subject of the 2008 documentary The Last Word. Garrett was most likely innocent.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 048 - Charles Rumbaugh
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 051 - James Terry Roach
- ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 057 - Jay Pinkerton
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 128 - Dalton Prejean
- Jump up ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 161 - Johnny Garrett
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 207 - Curtis Harris
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 209 - Frederick Lasley
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 214 - Ruben Cantu
- ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 224 - Christopher Burger
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 455 - Joseph Cannon
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 460 - Robert A. Carter
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 485 - Dwayne Allen Wright
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 512 - Sean Richard Sellers
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 601 - Douglas Christopher Thomas
- ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 604 - Steve Edward Roach
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 609 - Glen Charles McGinnis
- ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 648 - Gary Lee Graham
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 737 - Gerald Lee Mitchell
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 779 - Napoleon Beazley
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 789 - TJ Jones
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 795 - Toronto Markkey Patterson
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney - The Death Penalty - # 843 - Scott Allen Hain
- ↑ Article on the IMDB
- ↑ (Engl.) Article Amarillo World News ( Memento of the original from 1 April 2016 Webcite ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
