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The death penalty for children The prohibition against imposing capital punishment on persons aged under 18 years at the time of the alleged offence (juvenile offenders) is a universally acknowledged legal principle.
22 wrz 2016 · When compared with other forms of punishment, the death penalty disproportionality affects the mental health and well-being of family members of the convicted person – especially children and primary caretakers – as well as persons involved in criminal proceedings or executions, such as prosecutors, judges, lawyer and executioners.
25 lis 2024 · Practiced for much, if not all, of human history, the death penalty (also called capital punishment) is the “execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense,” according to Roger Hood, professor at the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Oxford. [1]
23 cze 2023 · The issue of how the death penalty affects children and youth is often ignored by policy makers. This report aims to change that by putting the protection of children’s rights at the center of the debate on the death penalty.
6 cze 2023 · The issue of how the death penalty affects children and youth is often ignored by policy makers. This report aims to change that by putting the protection of children's rights at the center of the debate on the death penalty.
16 gru 2022 · The 2022 death sentences included at least four defendants who experienced mental health issues resulting from chronic exposure to childhood trauma, two who were permitted to waive important trial rights and then asked for the death penalty, one with brain damage exacerbated by chemical dependence and substance abuse disorder, one with an IQ in ...
14 paź 2014 · Two archetypal executions hover over the Western world’s artistic depictions of the death penalty. The first is that of Sophocles’ Antigone. Sentenced to death for giving her condemned...
