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More Political Reaction to Kennedy Ruling

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Yesterday, I posted an AP report by Deborah Hastings on political response to Kennedy v. Louisiana.  A revised version is, "Unbowed, politicians vow to execute child rapists," via Google News.Angry politicians vowed to keep writing laws that condemn child rapists to death, despite a Supreme Court decision saying such punishment is unconstitutional. "Anybody in the country who cares about children should be outraged that we have a Supreme Court that would issue a decision like this," said Alabama Attorney General Troy King, a Republican. The justices, he said, are "creating a situation where the country is a less safe place to grow up." The court's 5-4 decision Wednesday derailed the efforts of nearly a dozen states supporting the right to kill those convicted of raping a child ? and said execution was confined to attacks that take a life and to other crimes including treason and espionage...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).