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3 years, 1 month ago about Sharia Law

what is the law concerning capital pusnishment for minors?

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lawstudent | 3 years, 1 month ago
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In 2005, the United States Supreme Court, issued a 5-4 decsion, stating that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed.

According to the Oyez Project, "the Court ruled that standards of decency have evolved so that executing minors is "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. The majority cited a consensus against the juvenile death penalty among state legislatures, and its own determination that the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for minors. Finally the Court pointed to "overwhelming" international opinion against the juvenile death penalty. Chief Justice William Rhenquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Clarence Thomas all dissented."
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morriss003 | 3 years, 1 month ago
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From;

http://www.flameout.org/flameout/iranexecution.html

describes the execution of a sixteen year old for the crime of being a homosexual.

From;

http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200810317930

"Contrary to earlier news reports, the girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13, not 23, Amnesty International can reveal."

So we know that a 13 year old girl is liable to be stoned to death under Sharia Law.

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srgothard | 3 years, 1 month ago
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Evidently, the supreme court decided it was "cruel and unusual punishment" for anyone under 18. It seems strange that it's cruel and unusual for 17 year olds, but not 18 year olds. I'll leave my opinions out of it, though.

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