In Roper v. Simmons (2005) the court:

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In Roper v. Simmons (2005), the court set a limit of 18 years as the age of defendants who could be sentenced to death, making choice A the correct answer. The case questioned the constitutionality of imposing the death penalty on individuals who were under 18 at the time of their offense, and the court ultimately ruled in favor of the defendant, stating that the execution of juveniles violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The other options listed in the question - B, C, and D - may be relevant in other cases or rulings, but they were not the outcome of the Roper v. Simmons case.

In Roper V. Simmons (2005) the Court