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The officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but the Supreme Court ruled last year that he could still be sued for the shooting death of Tavis Crane.
Craig Roper, the Arlington police officer, asked the Supreme Court to stop the lawsuit on the grounds of qualified immunity.
Death sentences imposed on late adolescent offenders have grown substantially since the U.S. Baumgartner’s report, Race and Age Characteristics of those…