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Alabama Legislator Wants Death Penalty for Child Rapists

By Corey Rayburnyung

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Although the Supreme Court held in Kennedy v. Louisiana that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the death penalty for commiting the crime of raping a child, one Alabama legislator apparently wants to press the issue (or is oblivious to the Court's holding). State Rep. Steve Hurst has proposed a new law allowing judges to sentence persons older than 21 to death for the rape of a child 6 years old or younger. Sentencing Law & Policy has more. From NBC13.com:Pedophiles who rape young children could face the death penalty in Alabama?if one state lawmaker gets his way. State Representative Steve Hurst of Munford in Talladega County is proposing a new law that would allow a judge to use capital punishment if someone older than 21 is convicted of raping a child 6 years old or younger...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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