The Boy Nevada Killed: Floyd Loveless and the Juvenile Capital Punishment Debate

by Janice Oberding

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467137685
• ISBN13: 9781467137683
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"