Sentence examples for execution of minors from inspiring English sources

The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that there was no national consensus against the execution of minors, and last week took up the issue of executing the mentally retarded.

In 2005, the court prohibited the execution of minors, again noting global opinion.

3) Abolishing medieval punishments, such as stoning and cutting limbs, public executions and execution of minors.

Like the execution of minors convicted of murder, the use of torture is forbidden under Pakistani law.

In Iran, she spearheaded a report on the execution of minors, including that of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl for premarital sex, or "crimes against chastity".

In 2005, Nasser defended a young woman who had been sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of her husband when she was sixteen, despite the lack of evidence against her and Yemen's own statutes prohibiting the execution of a minor.

"After more than a year and increased international pressure to stay the executions of a group of minors, Saudi Arabia has instead decided to move forward with the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr due to his peaceful calls for reform in the Kingdom," Abdulla said in a statement on Sunday.

In only a few countries does the law allow for the execution of persons who were minors (under the age of 18) at the time they committed their crime.

There could be no dispute about the eviction notices themselves, he added, warning: "Anybody who thinks this is a long stay of execution while minor squabbles are carried out – they must think again".

Virginia law also allows the execution of people for crimes they commit as minors.

Molestation of minors.