Teen killers' executions weighed
561430
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the Christopher Simmons case and consider a question that could affect 73 death-row inmates across the nation who committed their crimes before age 18: whether executing such inmates amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment," which is forbidden by the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment.
215098
A new task force is set up after three teenagers are shot dead in south London in the past two weeks.
29869
The US Supreme Court questioned on Wednesday whether world opinion against the death penalty for juveniles should influence its decision on the constitutionality of executing
608488
A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
736892
A teen killer who told the parole board that he regretted letting eyewitnesses survive was executed Wednesday for a shotgun murder during a &#36;15 robbery.
670269
HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - A Texas man was put to death  by lethal injection on Wednesday for murdering two teen-agers  while high on drugs in 1995.
88551
Â· Teenager says he was one of five-strong death squadÂ· Torture may have been used, warn rights groups
657468
Three teenagers are jailed for life for murdering a father-of-three outside his home.
507511
One Supreme Court justice seemed concerned that ending the execution of juveniles might lead to a rise in murders by minors, while other justices focused on studies about adolescent maturity as the court Oct.
72502
Authorities offered no further insight into the motive of a teenager accused in the shooting deaths of his father, mother and two brothers, but experts say such crimes are not unprecedented Â and they often come without any obvious warning signs.
521234
Detectives are questioning two white teenagers about a town's third racially-related murder in five months
449588
Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
356636
Luke Mitchell, the teenage killer of schoolgirl Jodi Jones, is due to be sentenced.
721912
Prosecutors formally charged three teens Thursday with plotting to kill high school students in a Columbine-style attack with the cache of guns and bombs police seized last week.
284698
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death.    Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row...
721182
As the community struggled to comprehend the killerÂs actions, families prepared for funerals.
737798
Prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek the death penalty against two men accused of terrorizing the Phoenix area in a series of random shootings.