Capital Punishment and Juveniles.

Discusses constitutionality of capital punishment for juveniles as it relates to Eighth Amendment and reviews Supreme Court decisions regarding execution of juveniles. Examines legal history of issue and 2003 Missouri Supreme Court decision to ban execution of juvenile offenders.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Capital punishment. Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Discusses constitutionality of capital punishment for juveniles as it relates to Eighth Amendment and reviews Supreme Court decisions regarding execution of juveniles. Examines legal history of issue and 2003 Missouri Supreme Court decision to ban execution of juvenile offenders.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.