Thompson v. Oklahoma
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Thompson v. Oklahoma is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing offenders who were under 16 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thompson v. Oklahoma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11257159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thompson v. Oklahoma Context triple: [Roper v. Simmons, relatedCase, Thompson v. Oklahoma]
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Skinner v. Oklahoma
Skinner v. Oklahoma is a landmark 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law mandating the sterilization of certain criminal offenders, recognizing procreation as a fundamental right under the Equal Protection Clause.
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Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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C.
Strickland v. Washington
Strickland v. Washington is a landmark 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the two-pronged test for determining when a criminal defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel has been violated.
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D.
Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
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E.
Moore v. Texas
Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thompson v. Oklahoma Target entity description: Thompson v. Oklahoma is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing offenders who were under 16 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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A.
Skinner v. Oklahoma
Skinner v. Oklahoma is a landmark 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law mandating the sterilization of certain criminal offenders, recognizing procreation as a fundamental right under the Equal Protection Clause.
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B.
Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama is a landmark 1932 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held in capital cases the Due Process Clause requires defendants be given access to effective legal counsel, especially when they are young, illiterate, or otherwise disadvantaged.
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C.
Strickland v. Washington
Strickland v. Washington is a landmark 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the two-pronged test for determining when a criminal defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel has been violated.
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D.
Jurek v. Texas
Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
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E.
Moore v. Texas
Moore v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the standards for determining intellectual disability in capital cases, reinforcing constitutional limits on executing individuals with such disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eighth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | offenders under 16 years of age at the time of the offense ⓘ |
| concerns |
capital punishment
ⓘ
juvenile death penalty ⓘ juvenile offenders ⓘ |
| hasAreaOfLaw |
capital punishment law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 487 U.S. 815 ⓘ |
| hasConcurrenceBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Eighth Amendment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1988-06-29 ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | plurality opinion ⓘ |
| hasDissentBy |
Antonin Scalia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | 86-6169 ⓘ |
| hasEffect | set a constitutional minimum age of 16 for the death penalty at the time of decision ⓘ |
| hasHolding | executing a person for a crime committed when under 16 years old is unconstitutional ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
constitutionality of executing offenders who were under 16 at the time of their crimes
ⓘ
scope of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | death sentence vacated ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | William Wayne Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPluralityOpinionBy | John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProceduralPosture | review of a death sentence imposed by an Oklahoma state court on a defendant who was 15 at the time of the offense ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | State of Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateParty | Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter | cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ |
| hasUSReportsPage | 815 ⓘ |
| hasUSReportsVolume | 487 ⓘ |
| hasVoteSplit | 4-1-4 ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1988 ⓘ |
| holds | the Eighth Amendment prohibits execution of offenders who were under 16 years of age at the time of their offense ⓘ |
| interprets | Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLimitedTo | minimum age for capital punishment ⓘ |
| isRelatedCase |
Roper v. Simmons
NERFINISHED
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Stanford v. Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reliesOnDoctrine | evolving standards of decency ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Thompson v. Oklahoma Description of subject: Thompson v. Oklahoma is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing offenders who were under 16 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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