In the summer after your first year at law school, you begin an internship at a Texas law firm called "Execution Stoppers." As you discerned from their name, they specialize in keeping accused criminals off death row. On your first day at the firm, they ask you to write a memo summarizing their three easiest cases of the month. Case 1 involves a 17 year-old boy who is accused of felony murder, a capital offense in that state. Case 2 involves an accused murdered whose IQ score is 62. Case 3 involves an individual who raped and murdered a child. Answer the following questions about the report you will craft to summarize these cases.
-In order to prevent the 17 year-old boy from being executed, "Execution Stoppers" merely needs to mention one Supreme Court precedent. Based on your first year of training in law school, you recognize that this 2005 case is called:

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Roper v. Simmons (2005) held that it is unconstitutional to execute individuals who were under 18 years old at the time of their crime. Therefore, execution of the 17 year-old boy would be unconstitutional.

In the Summer After Your First Year at Law School