stylistic:style_transfer
Scalia dissent

Justice Scalia's primary objection was that "the real driving force" of the majority's analysis was "the Court's own judgment" about deterrence and retribution. Scalia said sentencing decisions made by juries were based on the circumstances of each case. He criticized the majority's finding of a "national consensus" when more than half the states that allowed capital punishments also allowed the sentence to be imposed on juveniles.