Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sentencing Law and Policy

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Criminal Law

: Sentencing Law and Policy

Is Louisiana working on its Kennedy rehearing petition? Will Gov. Jindal stay true to his word?

By Douglas A. Berman

ADVERTISEMENTS

According to SCOTUS Rule 44, a party has 25 days to petition the Supreme Court for rehearing, which means Louisiana now less than two weeks to file a rehearing petition in the Kennedy child rape case. Notably, according to quotes in this local news account (with my emphasis added), Louisiana's Governor has essentially promised that the state would be filing a rehearing petition:Governor Bobby Jindal says the U.S. Supreme Court made a factual error when it banned the death penalty as a sentence for those convicted of raping children.... Jindal says the high court "got this case wrong, plain and simple." "As both the Governor of this great state and as a parent of three children, I continue to be outraged over the Supreme Court?s absurd decision to overturn a death penalty sentence for the brutal rape of a child while citing that ?the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child;? and I will do everything I can to see that this decision does not stand," Jindal said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).