Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Court split over execution of child rapists

The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. But the justices offered no clear indication of how they will rule in the case of a man who is on Louisiana death row for raping a child.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/scotus.execution/index.html?eref=edition

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