The Eighth Amendment's Proscription against Cruel and Unusual Punishments Requires a Categorical Rejection of the Death Penalty as Imposed on Juvenile Offenders under the Age of Eighteen: Roper v. Simmons

Authors

Catherine B. Pober

Abstract

The Supreme Court of the United States held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the execution of individuals who were under eighteen years of age at the time of their capital crimes.

Roper v. Simmons, 125 S. Ct. 1183 (2005).

First Page

121

Recommended Citation

Catherine B. Pober, The Eighth Amendment's Proscription against Cruel and Unusual Punishments Requires a Categorical Rejection of the Death Penalty as Imposed on Juvenile Offenders under the Age of Eighteen: Roper v. Simmons, 44 Duq. L. Rev. 121 (2005).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol44/iss1/10