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Roper Vs. Simmons Case Study
The Roper vs Simmons case all began in 1993, when Christopher Simmons was charged with burglary, stealing, kidnapping and first degree murder. Due to these charges he was being tried as an adult and resulted in him being sentenced to death. After repeatedly trying to appeal the case to state and federal courts, which led nowhere. In 2002, they finally decided to reconsider the case due to the Atkins v. Virginia case. This is then when Simmon filed a new petition, arguing that the reasoning of the Atkins case established that the Constitution prohibits the execution of a juvenile who was under 18 when the crime was committed. The Supreme Court agreed to Simmons’s petition due to the fact that imposing the death penalty for a crime committed
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