Christopher Simmons
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Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christopher Simmons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11257163 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Simmons Context triple: [Roper v. Simmons, respondent, Christopher Simmons]
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A.
Jeremy Simmons
Jeremy Simmons is a film editor known for his work on the cult club-scene drama "Party Monster."
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B.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
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C.
John Simmons
John Simmons was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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D.
Michael T. Simmons
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
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E.
Michael Simmons
Michael Simmons is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
- 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: Christopher Simmons Target entity description: Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
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A.
Jeremy Simmons
Jeremy Simmons is a film editor known for his work on the cult club-scene drama "Party Monster."
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B.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
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C.
John Simmons
John Simmons was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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D.
Michael T. Simmons
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
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E.
Michael Simmons
Michael Simmons is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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human ⓘ |
| ageAtTimeOfCrime | 17 ⓘ |
| associatedCourtDecision | Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLegalAppeal | challenge to death sentence imposed for crime committed as a minor ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
first-degree murder of Shirley Crook
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murder ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalCase | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1976-04-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1993-09-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| hasInfluenceOn |
juvenile death penalty jurisprudence in the United States
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juvenile justice policy in the United States ⓘ |
| incarceratedIn | Missouri Department of Corrections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase | constitutionality of executing juvenile offenders ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtTimeOfCrime | juvenile ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States legal system ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the juvenile offender in Roper v. Simmons
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having his death sentence reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| partyInCase | Roper v. Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf | murder of Shirley Crook ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedLegalOutcome | abolition of death penalty for crimes committed by persons under 18 in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedLegalPrinciple | Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCase | respondent in Roper v. Simmons ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | death ⓘ |
| sentenceModifiedTo | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfConviction | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotability | early 2000s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Christopher Simmons Description of subject: Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.