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Why wasn’t Gavrilo Princip executed for assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

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In the aftermath of Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Princip, Čabrinović and most of the other conspirators were arrested and tried in Sarajevo. Because he was under 20 years old, too young to be executed under Austro-Hungarian law, Princip received a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.

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