Word: roper
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...making their decision, the court will review its logic in 2005's Roper v. Simmons, which held that individuals could not be sentenced to death for crimes committed under the age of 18, as the court found that minors had a "lack of maturity." The petitioners in Graham and Sullivan are arguing for a similar standard for their noncapital offenses...
...reviewing a large swath of research literature, the Department of Justice concluded that "to best achieve reduction in recidivism, the overall number of juvenile offenders transferred to the criminal-justice system should be minimized." That came three years after the U.S. stopped executing minors, following a Supreme Court decision, Roper v. Simmons, that was largely based on new brain research showing that the full development of the frontal lobe, where rational judgments are made, does not occur until the early- to mid-20s. At the state level, Missouri is leading the country by phasing out its large juvenile-detention institutions...
...Having a face-to-face conversation with Shirley Phelps[-Roper] really gets your blood going,” said James D. Hills ’11, who stood near the front of the crowd, wearing an American flag as a cape...
Shirley Phelps-Roper, who was carrying a sign that read “Bloody Obama,” said the Church was picketing at HLS specifically to protest the new president...
...women aspirants for office, more surprising is the fact that she has drawn voters based upon her national security credentials. For generations, female politicians struggled to convince the electorate of their ability to serve as commander-in-chief. A mere eight years ago, 70 percent of respondents told a Roper poll that they believed a male president would perform better on foreign policy issues...