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the youngest felon on death row is a juvenile serial killer named Harvey Miguel Robinson who was 17 at the time of his crimes and 18 at the time of his arrest.
This is outdated: Harvey Miguel Robinson is not the youngest person on death row. Official current death-row rosters include multiple inmates who are younger than Robinson.
Full reasoning
The sentence is written in the present tense ("is") and is incorrect as of 2026.
A March 25, 2026 news report about Robinson's stayed execution identifies him as 51 years old. Meanwhile, the official Texas Department of Criminal Justice death-row roster lists multiple current death-row inmates born well after Robinson, including Valerian Osteen (born August 18, 1997), Xavier Davis (born February 10, 1993), and Tanner Horner (born August 8, 1991). Because those inmates are all younger than a 51-year-old Harvey Robinson, Robinson cannot be "the youngest felon on death row."
So the problem is not Robinson's identity as a juvenile serial killer; it is the present-tense claim that he is currently the youngest death-row inmate. That is contradicted by current official death-row records.
2 sources
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Inmates on Death Row
The official roster lists current death-row inmates including Tanner Horner (Date of Birth 08/08/1991), Valerian Osteen (08/18/1997), Xavier Davis (02/10/1993), Brandon McCall (05/10/1991), and others.
- Pennsylvania Governor Blocks Execution of Lehigh Valley Killer | WHP 580 | WHP580 Newsroom
The March 25, 2026 report says: "Robinson, 51, had been set for execution on Tuesday (March 24), but Shapiro stepped in and blocked it."