What is the lowest age that the Supreme Court has recently declared a juvenile can be executed?

a. 10 years old
b. 16 years old
c. 12 years old
d. No one who was under the age of 18 when the crime was committed will be executed


d. No one who was under the age of 18 when the crime was committed will be executed

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Which of the following theories is a branch of the social conflict theory and is concerned with the ways in which structural conditions and social inequalities influence crime?

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a. 7 days b. 10 days c. 15 days d. 30 days

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