United States Supreme Court
Status of the juvenile death penalty prior to Roper v. Simmons by state
National Consensus on the Juvenile Death Penalty
(prior to Roper v. Simmons)
| No Death Penalty for Juveniles |
No Juvenile Offenders Executed Since 1976 |
No Juveniles Currently on Death Row |
No Death Penalty |
| (31 States) |
(43 States) |
(38 States) |
(12 States) |
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- So. Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
- Wyoming
- US Govt
- US Military
- PLUS: 12 States with no death penalty
|
ALL STATES EXCEPT:
- Texas
- So. Carolina
- Louisiana
- Missouri*
- Georgia
- Virginia
- Oklahoma
*Later Banned |
ALL STATES EXCEPT:
- Texas
- Alabama
- Louisiana
- Arizona
- Mississippi
- No. Carolina
- Florida
- Georgia
- So. Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Nevada
|
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Maine
- Mass.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- No. Dakota
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wash, DC
- Puerto Rico
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