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 kaolelo rated 3 months ago- From the page: "The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that would have allowed the execution of someone convicted of raping a child.
The court said the Louisiana law would have violated the US constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment".
"The death penalty...
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- dorith rated 3 months ago
- As long as they replace that punishment with something that makes a clear statement, why not? Perhaps removing the offending parts, implanting two a bit higher up, and sticking the perpetrator in a nice little dress into a jail where he can be amongst his own kind would make a clearer statement than any death penalty could - but, wait, that would probably be cruel and unusual...unlike the acts the rapist conducted on a child, right? Gimme a break...
I'm teaching my girls some self-defense against idiots. A society where it's members prey upon their own is a sick society, IMO
- kaolelo rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that would have allowed the execution of someone convicted of raping a child.
The court said the Louisiana law would have violated the US constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment".
"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority opinion.
The justices voted 5-4 in favour of striking down the law. "
- lindenbranch rated 3 months ago
- What would be a proportional punishment for the rape of a child? Is it worse than the rape of an adult? How much worse?
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