tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7932586208118379109..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Youngest Americans to Be ExecutedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-48116865159129665552013-03-25T20:59:40.599-05:002013-03-25T20:59:40.599-05:00Thanks for the correction on mandatory life withou...Thanks for the correction on mandatory life without parole. The implication being that a judge and jury can impose life without parole on juveniles if they think about it first?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-42272562680820507572013-03-25T20:15:34.387-05:002013-03-25T20:15:34.387-05:00One minor correction (J.L. Bell): SCOTUS ruled out...One minor correction (J.L. Bell): SCOTUS ruled out only MANDATORY LWOP sentences.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-55314394242479372082010-05-29T16:13:44.414-05:002010-05-29T16:13:44.414-05:00I think these data points, few as they are, reflec...I think these data points, few as they are, reflect a gradual movement in American justice away from harsh punishments for juveniles. <br /><br />In the late 1700s, society was willing to impose death on a 12-year-old girl—but never again was a girl, or any child that young, executed. (Was Connecticut’s Puritan heritage part of why it hanged Hannah Ocuish, or would other states have done the same?)<br /><br />In the early 1800s, American society was willing to execute a 13-year-old, and in the mid-1900s a 14-year-old. <br /><br />In the last few years the Supreme Court has set a precedent that no one who committed a crime under the age of 18 can be executed, and now that no one of that age can be sentenced to life in prison.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-56202401657683279672010-05-28T01:18:05.397-05:002010-05-28T01:18:05.397-05:00I find it somewhat ironic that the person executed...I find it somewhat ironic that the person executed in 1786 was not only a girl, the only girl who fits into the 'youngest persons executed' list, but that it also happened in the northern most State from the same list.Josiah Coffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430300955233472895noreply@blogger.com