MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History March 1, 2005: The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute juveniles convicted of murder. Americans executed their first juvenile in 1642. Between then and 2005, they executed 342 people who were juveniles at the time their offense occurred. Between 1976 and 2005, the U.S. executed 22 juvenile offenders.</p><p>Map showing which countries had juvenile executions (as of 2004), in red. Caption reads, “In the modern world, only rogue nations execute juvenile offenders.” </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathenalty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalpunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalpunishment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cruelandunusual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelandunusual</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/juveniles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juveniles</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a></p>