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- Simmons was charged with first-degree murder, burglary, kidnapping, and stealing. He was tried as an adult. At trial, Tessmer testified that Simmons planned the murder in advance. [fn 4] The jury found Simmons guilty of Crook's murder and recommended the death penalty, which the trial court imposed.
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Initially, Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death, but his attorneys argued he should not be executed because of his age at the time of the killing. The State Supreme Court agreed. It set aside Simmons’ death sentence and resentenced him to life in prison with no chance for probation or parole.
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In addition to striking down the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, the Supreme Court's decision in Roper v. Simmons also canceled the death sentences of 72 others for crimes they committed while younger than age 18.
May 28, 2019 · On August 26, 2003 the Missouri Supreme Court vacated Christopher Simmon's death sentence, holding that juvenile executions violate the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution under the "evolving standards of decency" test.
Accepting the jury’s recommendation, the trial judge imposed the death penalty. Simmons obtained new counsel, who moved in the trial court to set aside the conviction and sentence. One argument was that Simmons had received ineffective assistance at trial.
Oct 28, 2023 · On August 19, 1994, the court sentenced Simmons to death. Benjamin is sentenced to life without parole and resides at the Western Reception and Diagnostic Correction Center.
Oct 13, 2004 · Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death in 1993, when he was only 17. A series of appeals to state and federal courts lasted until 2002, but each appeal was rejected. Then, in 2002, the Missouri Supreme Court stayed Simmon's execution while the U.S. Supreme Court decided Atkins v.
Oct 26, 2004 · In 1993, 17-year-old Christopher Simmons and Charlie Benjamin, 15, broke into the home of Shirley Crook. They bound her hands, covered her face with duct tape, took her to a railroad trestle spanning the Meramec River outside St. Louis.
