Young Death Row inmates fuel age old penalty debate
Washington AP reports that teenager Ronald Ward, 15, was sentenced to death in Arkansas for killing two elderly women and a 12 year old boy, joining 1,590 others on death row. The piece traces historic and legal arguments on executing minors, cites ABA positions, NAACP concerns, and quotes experts opposing or supporting juvenile capital punishment.
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Washington
Marion
Ark
Ronald Ward
Ward
America
Charles Raumbaugh
Texas
Raumbaugh
Tom Curtis
Chuckie
David Bruck
South Carolina
George Junius Stinney
Clarendon County
S.C
American Bar Association
ABA
Richard Brody
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bruck
NAACP
Arkansas
Brody
Alfred Regnery
Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Mob Slayings Shake Gambino Boss Castellano and Guard
In New York a car ambush killed reputed Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano and bodyguard Thomas Bilotti outside Sparks steak house. Investigators warned the hit could spark a crime war and reshape organized crime, with FBI and Task Force officials urging patience as they seek suspects.
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New York
Paul Castellano
Thomas Bilotti
Gambino
Richard Nicastro
Bilotti
FBI
Thomas Sheer
United States
Sheer
Arthur Brill
President’s Committee On Organized Crime
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