Slate's Jurisprudence: Court Abolishes Juvenile Death Penalty

NPR | By Alex Chadwick,

Dahlia Lithwick

Published March 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

A closely divided Supreme Court has ruled the death penalty for juvenile offenders unconstitutional. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Day to Day legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the decision.

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