While JUSTICE THOMAS would apparently not rule out a death sentence for a $50 theft by a 7-year-old . . ., the Court wisely rejects his static approach to the law. Standards of decency have evolved since 1980. They will never stop doing so.
17 May 2010
QOTD
From Justice John Paul Stevens' concurring opinion in Graham vs. Florida:
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