8th Amendment Cases
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 Atkins v. Virginia (2002) | The Supreme Court laid down that executing the mentally retarded is cruel and unusual punishment due to our "evolving standards of decency". |
| Roper v. Simmons (2005) | The Supreme Court laid down that executing a minor is cruel and unusual punishment due to our evolving standards of decency, and the overwhelming international opinion against the juvenile death penalty. |
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