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Kennedy v. Louisiana

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SCOTUS Blog's Lyle Denniston reports, "Court urged to hold fast against death for child rape."  Here is an extended excerpt:Lawyers for a death-row inmate in Louisiana, arguing that military law is beside the point when deciding the constitutionality of criminal sentences for civilians, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave intact its recent decision nullifying the death penalty for the crime of raping a child.  Had the Court known at the time of its ruling June 25 that there was a provision in military law on that issue (it apparently did not), that might have deserved mention, but perhaps only a footnote, the new brief filed for inmate Patrick Kennedy said in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana. The brief also argued that the Kennedy opinion did not go so far as to strike down the death penalty for child rape if that crime occurs in the military context...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).