Aug 23, 2020
8 min read
The 14-Year-Old Teenage Killer
Pomeroy is the youngest person in Massachusetts history to be convicted of first-degree murder
In December of 1874, 15-year-old, Jesse Pomeroy was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County in Massachusetts. He was the youngest person in the state to be sentenced to death and was later sent to…
