Deadline Premiers on NBC’s Dateline; Supreme Court Accepts Amicus Briefs in Roper v Simmons

U.S. SUPREME COURT: AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN LANDMARK CASE



On July 19, 2004, ami­cus briefs in sup­port of end­ing the exe­cu­tion of juve­nile offend­ers were filed in Roper v. Simmons (No. 03 – 0633) that will decide whether the exe­cu­tion of juve­nile defen­dants is a vio­la­tion of the Eighth Ammendment. In addi­tion to the defen­dan­t’s brief, ami­cus briefs were sub­mit­ted by such nota­bles as President Jimmy Carter, the American Medical Association, the European Union, and the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The American Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Center has com­piled copies of the briefs that can be viewed on  their Web site .

For more infor­ma­tion on the issue before the Court,  Click Here .