When the Supreme Court decided that the Eighth Amendment prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishments" forbids the application of the death penalty to offenders who commit murder before the age of 18 (Roper v. Simmons, 2005), the majority of justices used __________ approach as a basis for their decision.

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The majority of justices in Roper v. Simmons (2005) used a flexible interpretation approach, considering evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society to determine that the Eighth Amendment forbids the death penalty for offenders who were under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes.

When the Supreme Court Decided That the Eighth Amendment Prohibition