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Between 2005 and 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty and mandatory

life sentences for juvenile offenders were unconstitutional Based on the article, summarize the
grounds on which the Court made these rulings

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Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.

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