Article 37a: No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below 18 years of age;
Juvenile Offenders executed in the USA. 1977-1998
Juvenile Offenders on Death Row, June 1998
Lionel Tate
Twelve year old boy sentenced to life in an adult prison.
Tiffany Lindoo
Fourteen-year-old girl tried as an adult, and sentenced to adult prison.
Brian Woods
Fourteen-year-old boy held for two years in young adult facility without bail, denied medications, threatened and abused by guards, denied visitation by his mother, and later found not guilty.
We have only just begun compiling this list. The numbers of children who have been tried as adults and sentenced to adult prisons in violation of International Law is growing every hour of every day. If you have a young friend of loved one you would like to add to this list, please e-mail the Webmasters of this website with information and a link.