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Thompson Vs. Oklahoma Case Study
The case of Thompson versus Oklahoma raises a number of issues regarding the trials and punishment of juveniles for heinous crimes. This case was argued on November 9, 1987 and involves the trial of fifteen-year-old William Wayne Thompson. Along with his older brother and two friends, William Thomspon brutally murdered Charles Keene, his sister’s husband. His motive was revenge for abusing his sister. William Thompson was a “child” according to Oklahoma law, but he was tried as an adult, convicted with murder, and sentenced to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma upheld this ruling. Because he was only fifteen years old at the time of the murder, this ruling violated the Eighth Amendment, causing this case to be brought to the Supreme
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