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Roper Vs. Simmons

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 01, 2005

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  1. Trop Vs. Dulles US Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1958
  2. Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis Vs. Resweber US Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1947
  3. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  4. Eddings Vs. Oklahoma US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1982
  5. Enmund Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1982
  6. Ford Vs. Wainwright US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1986
  7. Penry Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1989
  8. Syllabus October Term, 2004 Roper V. Simmons
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  9. Supreme Court of the United States Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center V. Simmons
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  10. and subsequent petitions for state and federal postconviction relief were rejected. This Court then held, in Atkins v. Virginia
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  11. death sentence in favor of life imprisonment without eligibility for release. It held that, although Stanford v. Kentucky
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  12. In 1988, in Thompson v. Oklahoma
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  13. That same day the Court held, in Penry v. Lynaugh
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  14. Thompson v. Oklahoma
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  15. opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined. Roper v. Simmons
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  16. Opinion of the Court Roper V. Simmons
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  17. Court of the United States No. 03-633 Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner V. Christopher
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  18. execute a juvenile offender who was older than 15 but younger than 18 when he committed a capital crime. In Stanford v. Kentucky
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  19. conviction and sentence, and from the denial of postconviction relief, the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed. State v. Simmons
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  20. petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Simmons v. Bowersox
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  21. this Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the execution of a mentally retarded person. Atkins v. Virginia
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  22. who was under 18 when the crime was committed. The Missouri Supreme Court agreed. State ex rel. Simmons v. Roper
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  23. The provision is applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. Furman v. Georgia
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  24. Robinson v. California
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  25. U. S., at 311 (quoting Weems v. United
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  26. to determine which punishments are so disproportionate as to be cruel and unusual. Trop v. Dulles
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  27. plurality opinion). In Thompson v. Oklahoma
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  28. set aside the death sentence that had been imposed on the 15-year-old offender. The next year, in Stanford v. Kentucky
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  29. the Eighth Amendment did not mandate a categorical exemption from the death penalty for the mentally retarded. Penry v. Lynaugh
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  30. U. S. , at 312 (quoting Coker v. Georgia
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  31. Id., at 321 (quoting Ford v. Wainwright
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  32. Okla- homa, Texas, and Virginia. See V. Streib
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  33. the last 10 years even by the execution of the very defendant whose death sentence the Court had upheld in Stanford v. Kentucky
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  34. State v. Furman
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  35. must give narrow and precise definition to the aggravating factors that can result in a capital sentence. Godfrey v. Georgia
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  36. see also Johnson v. Texas
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  37. s jurisprudence after Furman v. Georgia
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  38. beyond question are severe in absolute terms, yet the death penalty may not be imposed for their commission. Coker v. Georgia
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  39. such as juveniles under 16, the insane, and the mentally retarded, no matter how heinous the crime. Thompson v. Oklahoma
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  40. Atkins , 536 U. S., at 319 (quoting Gregg v. Georgia
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  41. In general we leave to legislatures the assessment of the efficacy of various criminal penalty schemes, see Harmelin v. Michigan
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  42. we conclude, the age at which the line for death eligibility ought to rest. These considerations mean Stanford v. Kentucky
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  43. a)(1) (Lexis 1996) Washington Minimum age of 18 established by judicial decision. State v. Furman
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  44. death penalty statutes. State v. Marsh
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  45. People v. LaValle
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  46. Lexis 2003) Roper v. Simmons
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  47. it was originally drafted, it would impose no impediment to the execution of 7-year-old children today. See Stanford v. Kentucky
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  48. s opinion for the Court. In all events, I do so without hesitation. Roper v. Simmons
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  49. O'Connor, J., Dissenting Roper V. Simmons
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  50. Atkins v. Virginia
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