Original sentence: An additional criticism is that although blacks form only 13% of the total American population , 42% of those on death row are black (2003 statistics ).However, on May 1, 2005 the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-to-4 that it is unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, throwing out the death sentences of 72 murderers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes.The United States used to execute juvenile offenders: since 1990 Amnesty International has recorded 38 executions of offenders who committed their crimes when they were under the age of 18, 19 of them in the USA
Edited sentence: And although blacks form only 13% of the total American population , 42% of those on death row are black (2003 statistics ).However, on May 1, 2005 the United States Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers,  throwing out the death sentences of 72 murderers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes.The United States used to execute juvenile offenders: since 1990 Amnesty International has recorded 38 executions of child offenders worldwide, 19 of them in the USA