When a 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death in 2004 in the United States, the American Psychological Association filed a brief with the court arguing that this sentence should be changed. The court rejected the brief, and the teenager was executed by lethal injection six months later.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roper v. Simmons (2005) that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed by individuals under 18, so a 17-year-old would not have been executed in 2004.

When a 17-Year-Old Boy Was Sentenced to Death in 2004