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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.
Still think its a waste to vote for McCain? Among the many reasons Obama is worse for our country than McCain, the SCOTUS appointees he will name will guarantee more ruling like this one. McCain has made it clear he will appoint judges like Scalia and Roberts rather than the likes of Kennedy and Ginsberg.
Call me crazy, but I think that raping a child is cruel, and calls for a cruel punishment.
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.
Still think its a waste to vote for McCain? Among the many reasons Obama is worse for our country than McCain, the SCOTUS appointees he will name will guarantee more ruling like this one. McCain has made it clear he will appoint judges like Scalia and Roberts rather than the likes of Kennedy and Ginsberg.
Call me crazy, but I think that raping a child is cruel, and calls for a cruel punishment.