A sad day for America -- Supreme Court: "No death penalty for child rape"

[Krackels]

Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.


"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his majority opinion. His four liberal colleagues joined him, while the four more conservative justices dissented.


There has not been an execution in the United States for a crime that did not also involve the death of the victim in 44 years.


Patrick Kennedy, 43, was sentenced to death for the rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter in Louisiana. He is one of two people in the United States, both in Louisiana, who have been condemned to death for a rape that was not also accompanied by a killing.


The Supreme Court banned executions for rape in 1977 in a case in which the victim was an adult woman.


Forty-five states ban the death penalty for any kind of rape, and the other five states allow it for child rapists. Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas allow executions in such cases if the defendant had previously been convicted of raping a child>>>>

What a sad day for America. This kind of crap pisses me off.

So apparently only the life of a child is worthy of the most severe penalty the courts can deal out. I'm sure that's a great comfort to the many parents and family members of children that have been raped, molested, and sexually abused.

I'm sure the many perverts and child predators will take comfort in knowing that as long as they don't kill their victim they're in the clear.

Emoticons don't even convey my level of anger...

[yeahYeah]

Well, this follows suit with the whole "child pornography is covered under the constitution" bit the left loves so much.

[Yuppicide]

Originally Posted by yeahYeah

Well, this follows suit with the whole "child pornography is covered under the constitution" bit the left loves so much.

Link to where they've said that, Please.

[yeahYeah]

Originally Posted by Yuppicide

Link to where they've said that, Please.

it wasn't the supreme court that said that...

check it out here: ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Guest Blogger: The First Amendment, Pandering, and Pornography

[Yuppicide]

Originally Posted by yeahYeah

it wasn't the supreme court that said that...

check it out here: ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Guest Blogger: The First Amendment, Pandering, and Pornography

I may have read the article wrong, but It seems as though they are referring to pornography that MIGHT be considered by some as "Child-Pornography" such as:

Creating a "Child-like" character in Virtual world games, and letting someone with an "Adult-Like" character have "Sex" with it.

-Or-

Dressing up your 18 year old girlfriend in pig-tails and a "School-girl" uniform, putting her on a pony -and taking pictures.

It seems to me that as long as ALL parties involved are of legal age to consent....They can pretend to have "Alien sex" for all I care. Once they start using REAL CHILDREN -Then that IS ILLEGAL and DISGUSTING!

[Broadside]

Before too awful long we'll start seeing more vigilante justice. I think Glenn Beck got the answer to this one right. "Shoot them in the head"

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: No death for child rapists

[Carnivorous]

It's weird seeing you guys all bent out of shape about this... it's not like the death penalty has been around for a long time for this crime. Only recently did this legislature decide that the crime deserved the death penalty! In the decade or so that the law was on the books (and un-challenged) VERY FEW other jurisdictions passed a similar law. So vent all you want now, but where was your righteous indignation when your legislatures failed to pass a similar law in your jurisdictions?

[KEVWYO]

Just thinking out loud here ..... if you include child rapists in the death penalty then what would keep that from morphing to include adult rapists?

Personal opinion but I feel like the SCOTUS made the correct decision even though child sexual abuse/rape is as heinous as a crime can get without killing someone.

[PackerfanXD]

It's a total outrage.

[BEEFCAKE-NMCB1]

I think its funny that the law in many states specifies that you can use deadly force to stop someone in the act of raping a child, but after the bastard does it you can't execute him that is nuts.