In Thompson v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court concluded it would be cruel and unusual punishment to execute a juvenile who committed a capital crime when he was 15 years old. They reached the opposite conclusion in which case?

A) Breed v. Jones
B) Eddings v. Oklahoma
C) Stanford v. Kentucky
D) McKeiver v. Pennsylvania


Ans: C) Stanford v. Kentucky

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