The Supreme Court is slated to Kennedy v. Louisiana at some point later this term. Kennedy deals with the constitutionality of child rape being considered a capital offense. While unquestionably an abhorrent crime, the 1977 Supreme Court case Coker v. Georgia outlawed rape as being a capital offense due to the disproportionate nature of punishment; taking a life for a crime that did not itself take life.
Sentencing Law and Policy has a good summary of the points in question and the Sex Crimes blog has links to more resources.
February 15, 2008
Kennedy v. Louisiana
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