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Aug 01, 2002

United States Supreme Court Decisions: 2001 — 2002 Term

The Court denied Toronto Patterson’s appeal for a stay of exe­cu­tion in order to con­sid­er whether the exe­cu­tion of juve­nile offend­ers is cru­el and unusu­al pun­ish­ment. Three Supreme Court Justices — Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen G. Breyer — dis­sent­ed, stat­ing that the Court should con­sid­er review­ing the death penal­ty for those who com­mit crimes before the age of 18. In his dis­sent­ing opin­ion, Justice Stevens wrote, ​“Given the appar­ent con­sen­sus that exists among…

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