The Eighth Amendment\u27s Proscription against Cruel and Unusual Punishments Requires a Categorical Rejection of the Death Penalty as Imposed on Juvenile Offenders under the Age of Eighteen: \u3cem\u3eRoper v. Simmons\u3c/em\u3e

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)