Juvenile Justice Fact Sheets

Juvenile Death Penalty Fact Sheets

Facts and Figures
Updated regularly

Adolescence, Brain Development and Legal Culpability
January 2004

Evolving Standards of Decency
January 2004

A Deadly Contradiction: The Juvenile Death Penalty's Inconsistency with Legal Protections for Minors
January 2004

Clemency and Consequences: State Governors and the Impact of Granting Clemency to Death Row Inmates
July 2002

Other fact sheets on juvenile justice issues are available at www.njdc.info.