Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, on Wednesday that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional, assuming that the victim is not killed.
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape, N.Y. Times, June 26, 2008 (it's dated tomorrow, but it's on the web today). The case is Kennedy v. Louisiana, here.

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