Thompson v. Oklahoma, No. 86-6169 (U.S. Supreme Court) (487 U.S. 815; 108 S.Ct. 2687) (June 29, 1988) (Justice Stevens)
Here, the Supreme Court has indicated that the age of a young defendant is relevant, in the Eighth Amendment sense, to his culpability. A plurality of the Court concluded that "less culpability should attach to a crime committed by a juvenile than to a comparable crime committed by an adult." ...
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