Texas has carried out six death sentences against juvenile offenders since the United States
reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Including Mr. Sankofa, twenty-six more—over a third of the
national total—sit on Texas' death row. This record places the state at the forefront of a select
group that includes Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo,
the only countries other than the United States that are known to execute juvenile offenders.
Bush Should Halt Texas Execution
Human Rights Watch Letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
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