
The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional use of capital punishment for child rapists. Justice Kennedy wrote in his opinion that "there is a national consensus against capital punishment for the crime of child rape". Really? Have they really surveyed on this? I don't think so. Even hardened criminals think child rapists deserve the death penalty.
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In this CNN video clip, a representative explains how mandatory minimum sentencing for child rapists will require him to be very, very mean to raped children.
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I want them dead too :) I'm
I want them dead too :)
I'm not mean.....You're just a sissy.
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Of all the the crimes, why would they choose this one?
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well
Because prosectutors in Louisiana and a couple other states want to apply the death penalty to those cases.
But it was already applied.
five states still allowed execution when a child rape had been committed.
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This was the first guy who
This was the first guy who appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. So it has been unapplied.
A-ha!
Thank you. It makes much more sense now. :)
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