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Balkinization on capital rape

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Dodging the Death Penalty Bullet On Child Rape.  John J. Donohue III. Daniel Schuker.  Balkanization: “Having avoided the legal mayhem of adding a new realm of death penalty prosecutions, the country can now focus its efforts on solving, instead of creating, vexing social problems. The Court?s ruling should encourage legislators to take serious steps to address the abuse of children in all its many tragic and damaging forms, rather than to grandstand with death penalty laws whose implementation will certainly be highly unusual if not cruel…” h/t JustCrim

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).