In recent years,the Supreme Court has placed additional constraints on the application of the death penalty,barring the execution of the mentally ill and retarded and of people who were under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes.

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This statement is true. In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that it is unconstitutional to execute someone who is intellectually disabled. In 2005, in Roper v. Simmons, the Court held that it is unconstitutional to execute someone who was under the age of 18 when the crime was committed.

In Recent Years,the Supreme Court Has Placed Additional Constraints on the Application