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Commentary on Kennedy v. Louisiana

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Today's Lubbock Avalanche-Journal carries an OpEd by Texas Tech Law prof Arnold Loewy, "Death penalty should not be applied to cases of child sexual assault."Kennedy v. Louisiana, the recent Supreme Court decision outlawing the death penalty for convicted child rapists, has upset many politicians and much of the citizenry as well. For example, Sen. John McCain was quoted as calling the decision "an assault on law enforcement's efforts to punish these heinous felons for the most despicable crime." Whatever else might be said about the decision, it does not prevents the state from punishing child molesters. Life imprisonment without parole is hardly a pleasant prospect for anybody. But child molesters are not well-liked in prison, and from what I understand, those who believe in "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" form of punishment could not imagine greater retribution than life imprisonment for a child rapist...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).