Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

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You liberals never cease to f-ing amaze me..

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John F. Kennedy

happiestmferoutthere Reviewed by happiestmferoutthere on 06-26-2008. 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