Tag archive for ‘Child Rape’
Law and Politics: Where is the Supreme Court?
Without question, this term of the Supreme Court has been a roller-coaster. This term, the Supreme Court overturned the Federal sentencing guidelines, empowered 401(k) holders to sue their employers for mismanagement of their retirement funds, ruled that lethal injection was not cruel and unusual punishment, required voters to present ID before voting, struck down a [...]
Death is an appropriate sentence for the rape of a child…
The Supreme Court declared today in Louisiana v. Kennedy that execution is an excessive punishment for child rape, despite the “years of long anguish” for victims. Truly amazing - child rape does not warrant the death penalty.
The court’s 5-4 decision struck down a Louisiana law that allows capital punishment for people convicted of raping children [...]
SCOTUS to hear Death Penalty Case involving Child Rapist
SLIDELL, La. (AP) — When the news broke last month that a janitor had been arrested and accused of raping boys in the bathroom at an elementary school, the issue of justice and retribution became the talk around dinner tables and baseball fields.
Castrate him, some said. No, let the other inmates deal with him. No, [...]
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