Why was Gavrilo Princip not sentenced to death for the murder of the heir to the throne?
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Correct answer: He was below the legal age for capital punishment
Princip was 19 years old at the time of the crime; the law required an individual to be at least 20 to receive the death penalty. He was instead sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he later died of tuberculosis.
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