In Roper v. Simmons, the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court:
A. permitted the trial of juveniles in adult courts for crimes already adjudicated in juvenile courts.
B. forbade the execution of offenders who were under the age of eighteen when they committed their crimes.
C. held that juveniles facing a loss of liberty were not entitled to the same basic procedural safeguards granted to adult offenders.
D. held that the government need not prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that a juvenile had committed an act of delinquency.
Answer: B
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