Constitutionality of Death Penalty for Child Rape
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that death penalty for the brutal rape of an 8 year old girl was unconstitutional
5-4, Justice Kennedy joined 4 liberals
Scalia, Roberts, Alito, Thomas dissented
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_v…
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that death penalty for the brutal rape of an 8 year old girl was unconstitutional
5-4, Justice Kennedy joined 4 liberals
Scalia, Roberts, Alito, Thomas dissented
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_v…
Kennedy and the 4 liberal SCOUTS justices ruled that death penalty for the brutal rape of an 8 year old girl violated the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause
In 2020, would SCOTUS conservative majority, uphold such a law?
In 2020, would SCOTUS conservative majority, uphold such a law?
During the 2008 Presidential Election BOTH Obama and McCain criticized the SCOTUS ruling, and expressed a belief that the death penalty was a just punishment for the brutal rape of an 8 year old girl 
Did you know?
The last man executed by the US military in a court martial
1961, for the rape and attempted murder of an 11 year old Austrian girl
Hanged at Fort Leavenworth, KS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._B…
The last man executed by the US military in a court martial
1961, for the rape and attempted murder of an 11 year old Austrian girl
Hanged at Fort Leavenworth, KS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._B…
