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Is There a Trend?

By Corey Rayburnyung

With the Respondent's brief in Kennedy v. Louisiana today, I have the case on my mind.  One of the key points in the matter will be whether there is an "evolving" trend toward applying the death penalty to the crime of child rape.  I think this is a very hard argument for the state to make since only 5 states currently have such laws.  However, I wonder if the state will cite this recent discussion in Colorado to support its argument:Colorado could put child rapists to death under a bill that won a Senate committee's approval Monday and would put the state on par with just five others that allow the execution of such sex offenders. Prosecutors could try for the death penalty in cases in which rape victims are 12 or younger, where DNA evidence is present and where the perpetrator has been previously convicted of a sex offense against a child...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 12, 2008 (boomark / email).