Roper v. Simmons

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Roper v. Simmons is a landmark 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held it unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for crimes committed by individuals under the age of 18.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eighth Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
juvenile death penalty case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw capital punishment law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
arguedDate 2004-10-13 ⓘ
citation 543 U.S. 551 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2005-03-01 ⓘ
dissentingJustices Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
docketNumber 03-633 ⓘ
fullName Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
holding The Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed. ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons

The death penalty for crimes committed by individuals under 18 years of age is unconstitutional. ⓘ
impact prohibited execution of offenders who were under 18 at the time of their crimes in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction Missouri ⓘ
legalIssue application of the Eighth Amendment to juvenile offenders ⓘ
constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty ⓘ
majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
originatingCourt Supreme Court of Missouri ⓘ
overruledCase Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
overruledPrecedent Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) ⓘ
petitioner Donald P. Roper ⓘ
precedentType binding precedent on all U.S. state and federal courts ⓘ
reasoning International opinion and practice were considered as confirmation of the Court's judgment. ⓘ
Juveniles have diminished culpability compared to adults. ⓘ
National consensus had developed against the juvenile death penalty. ⓘ
The evolving standards of decency under the Eighth Amendment bar the juvenile death penalty. ⓘ
relatedCase Atkins v. Virginia ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
Thompson v. Oklahoma ⓘ
respondent Christopher Simmons ⓘ
result Death sentences for crimes committed by persons under 18 were invalidated nationwide. ⓘ
separateDissentBy Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
subjectMatter cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ
juvenile capital punishment ⓘ

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Rehnquist Court → landmarkDecision → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
opinion in Atkins v. Virginia → relatedCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Roper v. Simmons → fullName → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Roper v. Simmons → holding → The Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed. ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons
Graham v. Florida → relatedCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Miller v. Alabama → relatedCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky → overruledBy → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky → relatedCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) → relatedCase → Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) → overruledBy → Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons
Thompson v. Oklahoma → isRelatedCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Christopher Simmons → partyInCase → Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Christopher Simmons → associatedCourtDecision → Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons