[So Cal Rocket]

Justice Anthony Kennedy (news - web sites), writing for the majority, noted that most states don't allow the execution of juvenile killers and those that do use the penalty infrequently. The trend, he noted, was to abolish the practice.

This is the logic that bothered me... Kennedy based his decision on a trend... not the Constitution.

[Quick1]

Where did it say that was his basis? It simply said that was a note in the majority decision.

[DannyTN]

"This is the logic that bothered me... Kennedy based his decision on a trend... not the Constitution."

Trend was cited in the abolishment of sodomy laws too.