The Supreme Court's ruling in Miller v. Alabama (2012) forbade the execution of offenders who were under the age of eighteen when they committed their crimes.

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Miller v. Alabama (2012) ruled that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles violated the Eighth Amendment, but it did not address the execution of juveniles. The prohibition of executing offenders who were under 18 at the time of their crimes was established by Roper v. Simmons (2005).

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