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There are no children on death row in the United States. The US Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment for offenders who committed capital crimes while under the age of 18 in Roper v. Simmons, (2005). This ruling overturned earlier cases that had set the minimum age for execution at 16.

It is difficult to determine who was the last "kid" on death row, but execution records seem to indicate Texas inmate Mauro Barraza may fit that description. Barraza received a stay of execution on June 29, 2004, after the US Supreme Court agreed to consider Roper v. Simmons. The stay automatically became a permanent injunction on March 1, 2005, when the Supreme Court declared execution for crimes committed as a juvenile unconstitutional.

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