Quote (ChocolateCoveredGummyBears @ Apr 22 2023 02:24pm)
If my abuser got the dp, that would actually make me feel sick. Since I didn't vote. I'd rather have them just be locked up. Don't want that shit on my conscious tbh
It'll make it's way to the supreme court anyways. It was previously ruled that the death penalty was only reserved for murderers. There are other crimes that can get the death penalty. There have been none on record since the ruling below and no such person at the moment is on death row for a crime other than murder currently.
In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court in Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, held that the death penalty for the rape of an adult was “grossly disproportionate” and an “excessive punishment,” and hence was unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. The Court looked at the relatively few states that allowed the death penalty for rape and the few death sentences that had been handed down.
Some states passed new laws allowing the death penalty for the rape of a child. In 2007, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Patrick Kennedy for the rape of his step-daughter, LOUISIANA v. KENNEDY (No. 05-KA-1981, May 22, 2007). Kennedy was convicted in 2003. However, Louisiana’s law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2008. See Kennedy v. Louisiana for more information. This decision also held that the death penalty would be disproportionate for any offense against an individual that did not involve death of the victim.
This post was edited by foxnews on Apr 22 2023 01:32pm