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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 [...]
WP: Court Rules That Paper Money Discriminates Against the Blind
Washington, D.C. (washingtonpost.com): A federal appeals court today upheld a lower ruling that the U.S. currency system discriminates against blind people because bills of different denominations are the same size, shape and color and cannot be easily distinguished by the visually impaired.
In a 2-1 ruling issued this morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]
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