Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)

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Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of executing offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of their crimes, a stance later rejected in Roper v. Simmons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eighth Amendment case
United States Supreme Court case
criminal law case
areaOfLaw capital punishment
constitutional law
juvenile justice
bindingAuthorityIn federal courts of the United States (until overruled on this issue)
caseCategory U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment
citation 492 U.S. 361
citedFor interpretation of the Eighth Amendment in relation to juvenile offenders
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1989
decisionType merits decision
dissentingOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr.
fullCaseName Stanford v. Kentucky
holding the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit the execution of offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of their capital crimes
jurisdiction United States
languageOfOpinion English
laterDevelopments its approval of executing 16- and 17-year-old offenders was rejected in Roper v. Simmons
legalIssue constitutionality of capital punishment for offenders who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes
legalSystem common law
majorityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Byron R. White
Sandra Day O’Connor
William H. Rehnquist
majorityOpinionBy Antonin Scalia
overruledBy Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
linked to: Roper v. Simmons
petitioner Kevin Stanford
pluralityOrMajority majority opinion
precedentStatus overruled in part
relatedCase Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
linked to: Gregg v. Georgia

Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
linked to: Roper v. Simmons

Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
relatedDoctrine cruel and unusual punishments
respondent Commonwealth of Kentucky
linked to: Kentucky
result upheld death sentences for offenders who were 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes
standardApplied evolving standards of decency under the Eighth Amendment
subjectMatter age limits for capital punishment
subjectOf scholarly commentary on juvenile capital punishment
topic juvenile death penalty in the United States

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Roper v. Simmons overruledPrecedent Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Roper v. Simmons relatedCase Stanford v. Kentucky
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Stanford v. Kentucky fullName Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) fullCaseName Stanford v. Kentucky
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Thompson v. Oklahoma isRelatedCase Stanford v. Kentucky
linked to: Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)