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Ricerche popolari
Roper v Simmons 2005
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SOURCES
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks
ELECTRIC CHAIR
(Most popular form of execution from 1880's to 1980's)
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks
https://www.apa.org/about/offices/ogc/amicus/roper#:~:text=In%20a%205%2D4%20opinion,prohibited%20by%20the%20Eighth%20Amendment
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jun/16
https://cfsy.org/court-case/roper-v-simmons-2005/#:~:text=In%20the%20landmark%20decision%20in,under%20the%20age%20of%2018.
What Did Roper V Simons Do?
Stinney's Mugshot
After the famous case in 2005, the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute persons for crimes they comitted before age 18.
George Stinney
- Issued on March 1, 2005
- The case lasted 151 days
- Supported by the 8th and 14th ammendment
Simmons case wasn't the first of its kind. In 1994, 14 year old George Stinney was falsely accused and convicted of the murder of 2 young girls found in a ditch near his house. Stinney underwent hours of interrogation without his parents or an attourney. The sheriff claimed Stinney had confessed to the murders however there wasn't any documentation. Two months later Stinney was executed via electric chair and still remains the youngest person subject to the dealthy penalty in America.
ROPER V SIMMONS (2005)
Questions the court faced
Background
Using the 8th ammendemnt the Court contemplated whether they should try him as a adult or as a kid. Does it tie into cruel and unusaul punishment?
17 year old Christopher Simmons was charged with the murder of Shirley Crook and sentenced to death in 1994. Simmons robbed Crook, bound her with eletrical and duct tape and threw her over a bridge. Simmons lawyer argued that adolecents were not as morally culpable as adults, and therefore should not be subject to the death penalty.