The United States is the only country in the world where the execution of those
under 18 is officially sanctioned.
- We are the
only country not to have signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child (which prohibits the practice). - The last five executions of juvenile offenders in the world have all occurred
in the United States. - There are currently 74 people on death row for crimes committed before the
age of 18. - Almost one third of them are in Texas.
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