Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)

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Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of executing offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of their crimes, a stance later rejected in Roper v. Simmons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eighth Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
criminal law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw capital punishment ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
juvenile justice ⓘ
bindingAuthorityIn federal courts of the United States (until overruled on this issue) ⓘ
caseCategory U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment ⓘ
citation 492 U.S. 361 ⓘ
citedFor interpretation of the Eighth Amendment in relation to juvenile offenders ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted 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 1989 ⓘ
decisionType merits decision ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
fullCaseName Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
holding the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit the execution of offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of their capital crimes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
laterDevelopments its approval of executing 16- and 17-year-old offenders was rejected in Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of capital punishment for offenders who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Byron R. White ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
overruledBy Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons
petitioner Kevin Stanford ⓘ
pluralityOrMajority majority opinion ⓘ
precedentStatus overruled in part ⓘ
relatedCase Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976) ⓘ
linked to: Gregg v. Georgia

Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Roper v. Simmons

Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988) ⓘ
relatedDoctrine cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ
respondent Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
result upheld death sentences for offenders who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes ⓘ
standardApplied evolving standards of decency under the Eighth Amendment ⓘ
subjectMatter age limits for capital punishment ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly commentary on juvenile capital punishment ⓘ
topic juvenile death penalty in the United States ⓘ

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Roper v. Simmons → overruledPrecedent → Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) ⓘ
Roper v. Simmons → relatedCase → Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Stanford v. Kentucky → fullName → Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) → fullCaseName → Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Thompson v. Oklahoma → isRelatedCase → Stanford v. Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)