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A Bunch of New Kennedy Posts

By Corey Rayburnyung

I haven't had time to post about all the great recent posts concerning Louisiana v. Kennedy.  Sentencing Law & Policy has three interesting posts:Show me support for capital child rape laws (concerning the MO. amicus brief)Is the editorial board of the Denver Post omniscient or just obtuse? (the title is self-explanatory)Looking at capital child rape's constitutionality through the Atkins/Roper lensThis last link leads to a really interesting post at CrimProf.  Here is an excerpt from that post:And that brings me to my point:  Respondent could have argued (but didn't) that regardless of the best reading of Coker as of 1977, the Eighth Amendment has changed as society has evolved.  That is precisely what the Court suggested in Atkins  and Roper...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).