In the case of Roper v. Simmons, what did the Supreme Court rule regarding capital punishment for minors?

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In Roper v. Simmons, the Supreme Court ruled that minors cannot receive the death penalty because they lack maturity and are susceptible to peer influence. The reasoning behind this decision was that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment should evolve along with society's "evolving standards of decency." The Court recognized that there was a national consensus against executing minors and concluded that to sentence a minor to death would violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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