2006-11-17 04:08:38 · 7 answers · asked by newrorep 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You have to have been 18 at the time of the commission of the crime. The SCOTUS decided this in case law just last year in Roper v Simmons. This explains why Malvo, the younger of the two "DC snipers" cannot receive the death penalty while the older can.
2006-11-17 04:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18
2006-11-17 04:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18, but if the state you live in doesn't have a death penalty, it wouldn't matter. A life sentence would be handed down and a societal scum-bag gets to skate through the rest of his/her lives in a prison. And the best part is, you and I get to pay the bill. What a bargain.
2006-11-17 04:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How old would you like to be?
2006-11-17 04:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by my_elusive_shadow 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on your race
2006-11-17 04:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by Pam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
kill for yee shall be killed
anger has no age
2006-11-17 04:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, you should be an adult!
2006-11-17 04:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋