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      Supreme Court rejects death for child rape

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      "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.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Supreme Court rejects death for child rape

    I saw today that Obama came out in support of the death penalty for child rape:

    "I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most egregious of crimes," Obama said at a news conference. "I think that the rape of a small child, 6 or 8 years old, is a heinous crime and if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances the death penalty is at least potentially applicable, that that does not violate our Constitution."

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    12:08 pm 6/26/08
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    Damianmann comments on:

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    Life in prison is good enough…if they survive. It’s not like child rapists get to live the life of Reilly(Riley?) in prison.

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    4:26 pm 6/25/08
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