Stanford v. Kentucky
Significance, Court Declares That Capital Punishment May Be Imposed On Those Over Sixteen Years Of Age
Petitioner
Kevin N. Stanford
Respondent
State of Kentucky
Petitioner's Claim
That the imposition of a death sentence for a murder he committed when he was 17 years old violated the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Frank W. Heft, Jr.
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Frederic J. Cowan
Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia (writing for the Court), Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
26 June 1989
Decision
The Supreme Court upheld Stanford's death sentence.
Related Cases
- Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958).
- Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966).
- In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967).
- In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970).
- Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976).
- Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977).
- Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).
Sources
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Capital Punishment 1996. Washington, DC: U.S. Government, 1997.
Further Readings
- Dicks, Shirley, ed. Young Blood: Juvenile Justice and the Death Penalty. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1995.
- Kraemer, Rita. At a Tender Age: Violent Youth and Juvenile Justice. New York, NY: Holt, 1988.
- Streib, Victor L. Death Penalty for Juveniles. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
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