Missouri juvenile death penalty sent to Supreme Court

Friday, October 31, 2003

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Attorney General Jay Nixon has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a recent ruling by Missouri's highest court that declared the death penalty unconstitutional for juvenile offenders.

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