Who is the youngest convicted felon

Carr argued she left the scene before the woman was killed. But there is video of Carr being interviewing by police, recorded after her boyfriend confessed and implicated her in the crime. She was convicted of capital murder and given the death penalty, which she is in the process of appealing. Legal experts say the average appeals process takes 10 to 12 years for death row inmates.

Carr has been on death row for four years, while Cole has been on death row for seven years. Both women are reluctant to give details about their cases under appeal, but both insist the murders they were convicted of were done at the hand of their boyfriends, not them.

Both say they are not arguing for their release, just for their lives, to have their executions stayed. There was not any case that I prosecuted where the crime was more vile or cruel than the torture and murder of the Sumners. This case lingers on in the heart and soul of our community.

Cole is certainly entitled to, and should, exhaust all of her legal rights to appeal. I am personally confident that she received more than adequate representation and a fair trial. According to the National Academy of Sciences , one in 25 people on death row is innocent. Fleming in November after the two became pen pals.

Nellis echoed that. Facebook Twitter Email. Jailed at 12, youngest convicted killer now free at John A. Torres Florida Today. Show Caption. Hide Caption. Youngest convicted murderer released from U. Curtis Jones, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for carrying out a murder with his year-old sister in , has been released from prison.

Torres looks at how prepared Curtis Jones, 29, is to face the world after spending 18 years in prison. In the U. That left many states, including Alabama, with only one option for sentencing juveniles convicted of capital murder - life with no chance at parole. Because that sentence was in essence automatic - or mandatory - for juveniles convicted of capital murder, there was no need for a sentencing hearing to reveal any mitigating factors, such as age and maturity of the defendant.

But the U. Supreme Court in ordered Miller be re-sentenced and in separate case in ruled it retroactively applied to all inmates in similar circumstances - precedent-setting rulings affecting about 2, inmates nationwide who were juveniles when they killed. Craig held a hearing in March to determine whether Miller should again be sentenced to life without parole or get a chance at one day of being paroled.

But the judge did not issue a ruling at that time. According to court records as of last month, 39 had been resentenced and granted an eventual shot at parole. Another 13 had been resentenced to life without parole, and 20 cases were pending or it was unclear about the status. Another inmate died while in prison. Judges in Alabama have been following guidance laid out by the Alabama Supreme Court on the factors — such as age and maturity - on how to determine whether to resentence with the possibly of parole.

Craig said he used those factors in considering the sentence. Last week in a decision the U. Dissenting justices and others argued that it guts the Miller case ruling that also says life without parole for juveniles should be rare.