Thompson v. Oklahoma
E914619
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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thompson v. Oklahoma canonical | 1 |
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
ⓘ
Stanford v. Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reliesOnDoctrine | evolving standards of decency ⓘ |
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