Muhammad Amin was 17 when he was arrested in 1998 for allegedly killing a man during a botched burglary. He was convicted for murder and given two death sentences by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court. Amin claimed that he was subjected to severe torture to confess to the shootings. Muhammad’s age was raised on appeal, but the documentary evidence of juvenility was deemed to “be of no avail so belatedly” and a medical assessment conducted after Muhammad had reached adulthood was relied upon instead. The Supreme Court also upheld his conviction and sentence on 19 March, 2002. In 2004, he was pardoned for the murder conviction on behalf of the family of the victim. However, since Section 21-F of the ATA bars the remission of any sentence unless granted by the Government, Muhammad was executed on 21 March, 2015 after spending over 17 years on death row. CONDEMNED JUVENILES: THE FOLLOWING DEFENDANTS WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY ANTI-TERRORISM COURTS DESPITE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE JUVENILES AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENCE: MUHAMMAD AZAM Mohammad was sentenced to death by ATC Gujranwala in 1999. According to his birth certificate, he was less than 18 years old when he committed the offence. The ossification test conducted on orders of the prosecution determined his age to be 16. The Trial Court admitted to his juvenility but stull sentenced him to death. The Lahore High Court upheld the sentence and Supreme Court dismissed his appeal in 2002. MOHAMMAD IQBAL Arrested  in  1998  and  sentenced  go  death  in  July  1999,  several  documents  confirmed Muhammad Azam to be 17 years old at the time of commission of  offence. He was even initially incarcerated at a borstal institute for juveniles  in Karachi. In 2004, jail authorities sent Trial Court a request to conclusively  determine his age so his sentence could be commuted under the JJSO. The  Court rejected the request on the basis that the plea should have been raised  during the trial. MOHAMMAD DIN Mohammad Din was sentenced to death and given life imprisonment by an  ATC in Bahalwapur when he was between 16 and 17 years of age according to  medical examinations ordered by the court.  His 13 year old brother was also  handed down life imprisonment before he was acquitted a year later due to  his young age. Since Mohammad was not charged under any ATA offence,  his compromise with the victim's family was accepted by the Trial court and  he was finally released after spending a decade on death row. TRIAL AND TERROR 24