The Roper v. Simmons Court found that most foreign nations viewed the death penalty for juveniles to be a form of disproportionate punishment so the practice of executing juveniles should be abolished.

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The Roper v. Simmons decision referenced international opinion and the fact that the majority of countries in the world rejected the juvenile death penalty as evidence that the practice constituted disproportionate punishment, leading to its abolition in the United States.

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