The Boy Nevada Killed: Floyd Loveless and the Juvenile Capital Punishment Debate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467137683)

At seventeen, Floyd Burton Loveless became the youngest person ever executed by the state of Nevada. What led him to that end was just as tragic. Following a series of family catastrophes, Loveless was a petty thief by age twelve and a confessed rapist at fifteen. Sentenced to seven years at an Indiana state boys reformatory, he escaped after a month in custody. The ruthless teen robbed his way to Carlin, Nevada, where he shot and killed a constable who spotted the stolen car he was driving and confronted him. After a protracted legal battle, Loveless died in the gas chamber on September 29, 1944. Author Janice Oberding recounts the sordid details that sparked national controversy over the constitutionality of juvenile capital punishment.

Author: Janice Oberding
ISBN-10: 1467137685
ISBN-13: 9781467137683
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2017
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d