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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33:4:547-552 (2005)
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Roper v. Simmons: Can Juvenile Offenders be Executed?

Charles L. Scott, MD

Dr. Scott is Chief, Division of Psychiatry and the Law, Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Director, University of California, Davis, California. Address correspondence to: Charles L. Scott, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817. E-mail: charles.scott{at}ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court was once again asked to determine if the execution of a juvenile, aged 16 or 17 years at the time of the offense, represents cruel and unusual punishment. In a five-to-four decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Supreme Court of Missouri to overturn the death penalty of Christopher Simmons and held that the execution of juvenile offenders violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.






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