New DPI Data Analysis: How Race Affects Capital Charging and Sentencing of 18 to 20-Year-Olds | Death Penalty Information Center

New DPI Data Analysis: How Race Affects Capital Charging and Sentencing of 18 to 20-Year-Olds | Death Penalty Information Center

In com­mem­o­ra­tion of the 20th anniver­sary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s land­mark deci­sion end­ing the juve­nile death penal­ty, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) has released a new report: Immature Minds in a ​“Maturing Society”: *Roper v. Simmons* at 20, detail­ing the grow­ing sup­port for the idea that indi­vid­u­als ages 18, 19, and 20 should receive the same age-appro­pri­ate con­sid­er­a­tions that juve­niles now receive in de…