4. Briefly describe the background of Stanford v. Kentucky. (1 point)

Kevin Stanford was 17 year old when arrested for murder, sodomize, and robbery with a 20 year old codefendant. The victim was Barbel Poore who work at the gas station. Kentucky juvenile court made the conclusion based on crimes and his past criminality that decision should be upheld by the trial for adults of general jurisdiction. The Kentucky Supreme court condemned Stanford to 45 years in prison and the death penalty.

Explanation:

492 U.S. 361 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court case that sanctioned the imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were at least 16 years of age at the time of the crime

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Answer:

Explanation:

Stanford v. Kentucky, was a United States Supreme Court case that removed the death penalty on offenders who were 16 years of age at the time of the crime. This was made after one year Thompson v. Oklahoma where the Court had held that a 15-year-old offender could not be executed because to do so would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

In 2003, the Governor of Kentucky Paul E. Patton removed the death sentence of Kevin Stanford.Two year later the Supreme Court in Roper v. Simmons overruling Stanford and holding that all juvenile offenders are exempt from the death penalty.