The Boy Nevada Killed: Floyd Loveless And The Juvenile Capital Punishment Debate (true Crime)
by Janice Oberding /
2017 / English / EPUB
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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.
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.
