Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

[Psycho4Bud]

â??The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,â?� Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court. He was joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer.

The court overturned a ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court, which had held that child rape is unique in the harm it inflicts not just upon the victim but on society and that, short of first-degree murder, no crime is more deserving of the death penalty.

Justice Kennedy, while in no way minimizing the heinous nature of child rape, wrote that executing someone for that crime, assuming that the victim was not killed, violates the Eighth Amendmentâ??s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, which draws it meaning from â??the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.â?�
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/wa...tuscnd.html?hp

5-4 again....keep this shit in mind when you vote this November.

IF this were to happen to my grandson, I now know better than to rely on the courts for "justice".:buzz_saw:

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 06-25-2008. Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape â??The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,â?� Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court. He was joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer. The court overturned a ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court, which had held that child rape is unique in the harm it inflicts not just upon the victim but on society and that, short of first-degree murder, no crime is more deserving of the death penalty. Rating: 5

[xcrispi]

This is B/S
Worryin about cruel and unusual punishment instead of the crazy shit these peds. have done to our kids .

It's all good though - peds. don't fair to well in our local prison system . Most end up beat down and the rock bosses bitch . :thumbsup:

Peace P4B
Crispi :stoned:

[Fugitive]

â??The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,â?� Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Let me rephrase that for you Mr Kennedy, the death penalty isnâ??t severe enough punishment for these scum, in my opinion they should be starved to death.

This is what happens to a sick twisted society where no one is held responsible for their sick action, do you want to feed, shelter and medicate these vermin? Well you are with your taxes.

â??The evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.â?� Idiots, everyone knows the standard of society is dropping because the judicial system is just getting softer on violent crime with no end in sight. I guarantee less people will commit violent crimes if they gave harsher penalties, even if they donâ??t, screw them I donâ??t care about criminals.

[illnillinois]

Fine, death not ok, then Cut off their balls or yank out the ovaries .. yes women do rape.. Rape of a child should be punished and punished HARD..
but im just one opinion..

[apocolips31]

I say the courts should let the family of the victim be allowed to do whatever they want to this sick twisted fuck!

[jessejames12345]

:wtf:...damn the supreme court is really hittin 'em out of the park today :wtf:

I used to think AT LEAST the supreme court would be in touch with the country. But if even they aren't.... jezzus , we're F**K'd :wtf:

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Before we all have a knee-jerk reaction, what are they defining as a "child"? Does "rape" include statutory rape? Because I remember a very public case of that 17yo kid that was sentenced to 10 years in prison for getting a blowjob from a 15yo girl. He had it overturned and was released after 2 years in prison.


The article sorely lacks in information. By many legal standards, a 19yo man having sex with a 17yo girl may have legally "raped a child".


But if the assumption here is that we're talking about actual children, then yes, string 'em up and let the Devil have his balls.

[illnillinois]

Before we all have a knee-jerk reaction, what are they defining as a "child"? Does "rape" include statutory rape? Because I remember a very public case of that 17yo kid that was sentenced to 10 years in prison for getting a blowjob from a 15yo girl. He had it overturned and was released after 2 years in prison.


The article sorely lacks in information. By many legal standards, a 19yo man having sex with a 17yo girl may have legally "raped a child".


But if the assumption here is that we're talking about actual children, then yes, string 'em up and let the Devil have his balls.

WAY RIGHT.. the guy in Denver streaking. might have to register as a sex offender..

careful who we label, or it loses the reason we mark them.. when its given out to everyone.

[jessejames12345]

It will go the way it always goes, The way it seems to go, The more we 'know' , the more 'comfortable' we are with the story....And the more the original tragedy ends up forgotten.




.......... edit. ; Just read the recent post's and agree with all. We defiantly need to know the implications of this ruling. SOrry for being melodramatic :rastasmoke: .

[katyowns]

another step in the right direction, the death penalty should be abolished