"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child"
 

"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child" - Justice Anthony Kennedy

I betcha he would feel differently if it were his children being raped.


Court rejects death penalty for raping children

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child.


In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape 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.

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Just read that on yahoo. Surprised the vote was so close to be honest :2 cents:

Hey smokey are you angry because we don't have enough death and killing in our society?

yes thats exactly it, or perhaps its because we have more than enough child rapists.

That was a very close call.

I'd be happy to see pedophiles die.

But at the same time, I'm not 100% against their decision.

:2 cents:

I agree with the judge. Death penalty is barbaric and, according to my ethics, unethical.

dude is in prison, he isn't getting out and will most likely to be killed in prison by another inmate than die of old age. You want him put to sleep like you would do to a beloved pet that has cancer. I think getting shanked in the throat is more appropriate but we'll agree to disagree.

p.s. the angry smiley was in regards to the statement in the quotes. Personally i dont agree with the death penalty for anything. I would rather he have said.

"death is too good for child rapists"

That is such crap!

Mmm the bloodlust is boiling within you I see.

I totally agree with the court. As I am not totally opposed to the death penalty in certain cases, the inflationary use of capital punishment in this country has to stop. Excessive use of capital punishment is the signature of dictatorships. It should be reserved for the most violent murderers.

I am not saying some rapists don't deserve it, but yet, what's next? Death penalty for site-owners that promote rape? I can name some programs in here that have banners on rape sites.

Accused Child Rapist Escapes Indiana Jail

did i put words in your mouth ? please state where i said i want him put to sleep ?

You want to molest small farm animals covered in nutella.

Death is too good for them. They make it so sanitary and painless. Therefore, it's not proportionate.

To be proportionate, they should be made to suffer for a very long time.

more or less barbaric than child rape ?

I'd not give him death penalty, but 6 months in the torturing chamber.

If he had gotten the death penalty that's how they execute people now.

Oh and that article CLEARLY states JAIL, not PRISON, HUGE difference. How many escape in year less than 1-10,000? How many of those get more than mile away 1-100?


here's some number for you to chew on

"Billy Sothern of the Capital Appeals Project cited Department of Justice statistics that all 14 rapists executed by Louisiana in the past 75 years or so were African-American. Nationwide from 1930 to 1964, nearly 90 percent of executed rapists were black, he said."

WOW whites must not rape very much. Must be a black thing.

maybe give a gorilla like 50 viagra's and let them be cell mates

I believe a child molester should get the death penalty as well, However, one argument that was brought to light was that, "If a child molester is going to face the death penalty then he might kill the living witness / victim, won't change his verdict.":warning

So we lower ourselves to their standards?

Yep. They will be even more motivated to kill the child. It called unintended consequences. See while the death penalty for this scum seems appropraite, as the old saying goes "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

and where did i say they should execute him ? cmon now don't be a pussy and flip flop.
semantics.. i just posted the first googled result, 1 is too many




wtf does that have to do with anything, did i say anything about black or white people . go back and read a line or 2.

heres some numbers for you to chew on.

The swallow tail butterfly beats his wings 300 times per minute , the slowest of any butterfly.

Funny how people from countries where child fuckers get 12 months of counseling, at best, or where a vast part of the population wants to legalize pedophilia, support torture and capital punishment in the US.

http://www.shortnews.de/start.cfm?id=624637 - article is not in english

It would have been a terrible prescedent if they'd approved it.

are you a fucking moron or what ? did i say we lower ourselves , stop putting words in my mouth you fucking imbecile , learn to read , pay close attention to where i said i DONT agree with the death penalty. You really are an annoying twat sometimes you know that. You are like a 5 year old child who cant stop repeating himself.

Neither is your post.

you know what I would love to see everyone of them fry but the great thing about this is that when people who fuck with kids go to prison they usually get killed by the inmates or abused so bad that they pray for death so they will get it in the end no matter what anyways

Granted I'm not a prosecutor, but I'm betting that the death penalty works better as leverage than it does as an actual crime deterrent.

Anyway... throw a pedophile in gen pop... that's the death penalty right there.

Biggest reason why death penalty should be abolished. JEFFREY DAHMER

Dahmer got life and within 4 years was dead due getting his skull beat in with a metal rod by an angry black inmate. Had Dahmer gotten death he'd still be alive to day giving interviews talking about how Jesus saved him and other BS and when his time came( if he didn't die of old age first ) he would be gently put to sleep. As I see it his actual death penalty was more appropriate and it didn't have to be done under the name of the people.

Neither is your post.

Define "rape of a child" please.

Under what age do they consider the victim a child?

I find "children" and "minors" to be two different groups. A minor can be considered all people under the age of 18, but I consider them more 14, 15, 16 and 17 years old. A child to be is 13 and under. Pre-teen age.

I would be in favor of killing anyone who rapes someone under the age of 12 or 13, still a pre-teen.

Just a quick question, what difference does it make what colour the inmate who killed him was?

I'm not unhappy about the decision. I do not see that the crime, as terrible as it is, warrants death.

Castration, yes. Death no.

Remember, this is for 'rape of a child'. Sex with a young kid is rape nomatter what. But what happens if someone has consenting sex with a 17 yr old and the bitch turns the tables and claims rape. And for whatever reason, it gets upheld. This kind of situation has happened all over the world for consenting adults. Lots of cases where the guy is cleared after years in prison.

Death for rape was thrown out in the supreme court not so long ago for this reason. So why any different for minors? Just castrate all rapists and be done with it.

Castrate all pedos and put them on a lifetime regime of estrogen.

Many other ways to punish these kinds of crimes imo

Exactly. The slope gets steep and slippery very fast.

rape is still rape, doesnt matter if it's 12, 13 or 15

Oh contraire mo'fraire.

Turn the other other cheek.
Eye for an eye the whole world would be blind.
It's better to forgive..

....and all the other things that the "Bible" tells you that you should be doing.

:disgust

Thank your liberal court.

Yeah, then "molestation" might be lumped in, and people would be put to death for that.

Anyone remember the small kid who was put on the sex offenders list because he kissed a girl in gradeschool or whatever it was? Death for him!

I tell ya, whats disturbing to me is that the court didnt shoot it down unanimously.

Death is too easy.

Life in prison is a much worse fate for a child molester. Maybe a better idea would be that everyone in prison has to wear a sign saying what they were convicted of.

Of course it is, but "rape" alone is not worthy of death.

That is a slippery slope. What about statutory rape when a 18 year old guy gets caught banging his 17 year old girlfriend. We gonna kill him? Hardly.

Rape of a CHILD deserves death or slow torture.

Idiot.

Here's a little tip for you: not everything you read on the internet is true.