The University of Akron IdeaExchange@UAkron Akron Law Review Akron Law Journals July 2015 Capital Punishment of Children in Ohio: "They'd Never Send a Boy of Seventeen to the Chair in Ohio, Would They?" Victor L. Streib Please take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Your feedback will be important as we plan further development of our repository. Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Juvenile Law Commons, and the State and Local Government Law Commons Recommended Citation Streib, Victor L. (1985) "Capital Punishment of Children in Ohio: "They'd Never Send a Boy of Seventeen to the Chair in Ohio, Would They?"," Akron Law Review: Vol. 18 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview/vol18/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Akron Law Journals at IdeaExchange@UAkron, the institutional repository of The nivU ersity of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Akron Law Review by an authorized administrator of IdeaExchange@UAkron. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTStreib: Capital OF Punishment CHILDREN IN OHIO: "THEY'D NEVER SEND A BOY OF SEVENTEEN TO THE CHAIR IN OHIO, WOULD THEY?"* by VICTOR L. STREIB* I. INTRODUCTION After a century of imposing capital punishment for crimes committed while under age eighteen, Ohio has joined an enlightened minority of American jurisdictions in prohibiting