Prior to Tuesday's Supreme Court decision, at least 22 people who were juveniles at the time of their capital crime had been executed in the US since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
The Court ruled this week that the death penalty was unconstitutional for juveniles at the time of their crimes.
Most famous among those facing a death sentence may be Lee Boyd Malvo, the younger partner in the "DC Sniper Case" from 2002. Mr Malvo turned 20 last month, but was only 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad were arrested in the shooting spree that killed 15 people.
Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling effectively moved 72 inmates off death row in 12 states.
The Death Penalty Information Center has a brief case synopsis of each of those inmates.
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