One state is preparing to execute a convict for raping an eight year-old child. This has raised a constitutional challenge, since the US Supreme Court in both 1976 and '77 ruled against capital punishment for rape, but Louisiana claims that the precedent only precludes execution for the crime of rape on adults.
What do you think?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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