James Arcene (c. 1862 – June 18, 1885) was a Cherokee Nation member and the youngest person sentenced to death in the United States. Arcene was hanged by the U.S. federal government in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for his role in a robbery and murder committed thirteen years earlier, when he was about 10 years old.
James Arcene (c. 1862 – June 18, 1885) was a Cherokee Nation member and the youngest person sentenced to death in the United States. Arcene was hanged by the U.S. federal government in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for his role in a robbery and murder committed thirteen years earlier, when he was about 10 years old.
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