Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2005
Publication Title
State and Local Law News
Keywords
Supreme Court
Abstract
Discusses the March 1, 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the constitutionality of the death penalty in Roper v. Simmons, 125 S. Ct. 1183 (2005). The Court held that the death penalty cannot be applied to individuals under the age of eighteen at the time the crime was committed without violating the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Repository Citation
Oh, Reginald, "Supreme Court Watch" (2005). Law Faculty Articles and Essays. 1040.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/fac_articles/1040
Volume
28
Issue
4
