Across the nation, more than half of the approximately 2,100 prisoners with death sentences are incarcerated in jurisdictions where executions are on hold, according to a Washington Post analysis.

More than 90 other juveniles remain at risk of execution. Many of them have spent prolonged periods on death row - in some cases more than decade. International law strictly prohibits the use of ...

The teenager, who was 13 at the time of Stephens’ death, was adjudicated delinquent in October after a juvenile court determined his involvement in the crime. In juvenile court, minors are not ...

The only woman on Tennessee's death row faces an uphill battle to spare ... s supreme court that ended mandatory life ...

“Even when fully considering that the defendant was 19 years old at the time of the crime, it does not justify disqualifying the death penalty.” Under the revised Juvenile Law, which took ...

She referenced the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Roper v. Simmons ruling barring consideration of the death penalty for juveniles. It was based on factors, she said, that included uneven brain ...