How Was Simmons Caught

A Salisbury Police officer stopped Simmons in a van just before 5 p.m. Monday, but investigators said Simmons punched the officer in the face before speeding off. Police went after him, but called off the chase shortly before he crashed into a pickup truck and ran away.

What did the Supreme Court announce in the 2005 Roper v Simmons case?

Held: The Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed.

What amendment did Roper v Simmons violate?

Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) Sentencing a juvenile defendant to death is unconstitutional per se under the Eighth Amendment.