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| Indiana Raises Age for Executions to 18 |
| By Indianapolis Star |
| Published: 04/05/2002 |
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The minimum age for executions in Indiana has been raised to 18 under legislation signed recently by Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon. The law also bars judges from issuing sentences other than what a jury recommends -- protecting the state from the future impact of a highly anticipated Supreme Court decision. That decision, however, still could affect everyone on Indiana's Death Row. Previously, a person as young as 16 could be put to death. 'This is progress for human rights for the people of Indiana and America as a whole,' said Nancy Bothne, Midwest regional director for Amnesty International. But Rep. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, wasn't pleased. Indiana was one of just 18 states that allowed the execution of a person who was as young as 16 at the time of the crime. Indiana Civil Liberties Union Executive Director John Krull called the new law Indiana's 'first significant death penalty reform in a generation.' The Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether death sentences are unconstitutional if they are imposed by judges over a jury's recommendation. Such a ruling could force the state to re-sentence all 40 inmates now on Death Row. Indiana was one of only four states giving judges that latitude, said Indiana Public Offender Council chief Larry Landis. |
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