Leonard Shockley

Leonard Shockley

Leonard Shockley (born 1941 or 1942, died April 10, 1959) was a juvenile executed in the United States for a murder committed when he was under the age of 18. Shockley, a black male, was executed in Maryland in the gas chamber for a crime committed when he was 16. Shockley was convicted of murdering a white woman in Dorchester County, Maryland. [ [http://abolishmentmovement.mywowbb.com/forum30/1047.html Error ] ] At the time of his execution, Shockley was 17 years of age. He remains the last person under the age of 18 to be executed in the United States. [ [http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sellers512.htm Sean Richard Sellers #512 ] ]

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* List of juvenile offenders executed in the United States

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