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  2. In re Gault - Wikipedia

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    Argument: Oral argument: Case history; Prior: Application of Gault; 99 Ariz. 181 (1965), Supreme Court of Arizona, Rehearing denied Holding; Juveniles tried for crimes in delinquency proceedings should have the right of due process protected by the Fifth Amendment, including the right to confront witnesses and the right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

  3. List of landmark court decisions in the United States

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    Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 (1944) Important case in the development of the common law of product liability in the United States based on the concurring opinion of California Supreme Court justice Roger Traynor who stated "that a manufacturer incurs an absolute liability when an article that he has placed on the market ...

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases prior to the ...

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    Case name Citation Summary Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, March 8, 1796: Hylton v. United States: 3 U.S. 171 (1796) tax on carriages Hollingsworth v. Virginia: 3 U.S. 378 (1798) ratification of Eleventh Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional amendment Calder v. Bull: 3 U.S. 386 (1798)

  5. Roper v. Simmons - Wikipedia

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    Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18. [1]

  6. In re Winship - Wikipedia

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    Case history; Prior: 91 N.Y.S.2d 1005 (App. Div. 1968), aff'd, 247 N.E.2d 253 (N.Y. 1969). Holding; The Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause requires that every element of a criminal offense be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, instead of the preponderance of the evidence standard used heretofore in juvenile court.

  7. Superior Court Says Landmark Ruling on Juvenile Life ... - AOL

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    The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a high-profile murder case that the state Supreme Court's landmark 2017 decision raising the prosecutorial burden for seeking a life without parole ...

  8. How a broken juvenile justice system is failing in NYC - AOL

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    Another young thug, just 12 years old, has already been busted six times, but also roams the streets at will after being cycled through a state juvenile justice system that is handcuffed by lax ...

  9. Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Justice Scalia's plurality part of his opinion famously criticized Justice Brennan's dissent by accusing it of "replac[ing] judges of the law with a committee of philosopher-kings". [13] Justice O'Connor was the key vote in both cases, being the lone justice to concur in the two. Sixteen years later, Roper v. Simmons overruled Stanford.