Child Rapists Spared Death Penalty
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To me, there's nothing more despicable than violence against a child. People that sexually violate a child are the worst scum of the Earth. In fact, I've often thought that the death penalty should be applied in these cases. Child Rapists (as well as molesters who were entrusted with a child's care) should just be put down in my opinion. End of story. Unfortunately it looks like the Supreme Court disagrees with me (by a 5-4 margin.)
From the majority decision:
I don't like the decision at all, but it looks likes its based on constitutionality. [sigh] My only hope is that these bastards repeatedly get some karmic payback in prison, if you know what I mean.
To me, there's nothing more despicable than violence against a child. People that sexually violate a child are the worst scum of the Earth. In fact, I've often thought that the death penalty should be applied in these cases. Child Rapists (as well as molesters who were entrusted with a child's care) should just be put down in my opinion. End of story. Unfortunately it looks like the Supreme Court disagrees with me (by a 5-4 margin.)
From the majority decision:
Based both on consensus and our own independent judgment, our holding is that a death sentence for one who raped but did not kill a child, and who did not intend to assist another in killing the child, is unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
I don't like the decision at all, but it looks likes its based on constitutionality. [sigh] My only hope is that these bastards repeatedly get some karmic payback in prison, if you know what I mean.
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Posted by Turtle At 02:12:36 PM On 06/25/2008 | - Website - |
No matter how much Obama may suggest that he disagrees with this decision, you know that Obama's Supreme Court justices would be more like Stevens, Souter, Breyer, and Ginsburg (and maybe Kennedy), the majority in this decision. You know that no justice under Obama, and just about every justice under McCain, would be more like the dissenters, Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas.
Posted by Timothy Briley At 02:23:59 PM On 06/25/2008 | - Website - |
I shudder to think what would happen with a couple of Supreme Court appointments by McCain.
Things like a woman's right to choose and separation of church and state are very important to me, and those things will definitely be better protected under Obama.
If a couple pedophile rapists have to spend the rest of their lives in prison instead of getting whacked immediately I guess I'll have to live with that.
-Grey
Posted by Greyhawk68 At 09:36:23 AM On 06/26/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Curt%20Stone At 01:16:43 PM On 06/26/2008 | - Website - |
Roe vs. Wade would probably get overturned, but just because was a bad ruling more than anything (basically the SC inventing the right to privacy). But all overturning it does is have the issue revert back to the laws in each state.
As far as today's ruling, the DC gun ban being overturned 5-4, an Obama court rules 9-0 the other way, based on his being a director of a foundation that gave heavily to anti-handgun groups.
Posted by Timothy Briley At 05:09:38 PM On 06/26/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Derek Wylie At 07:47:57 AM On 07/04/2008 | - Website - |
Maybe not. Here's a quote from Bob Herbert, a NY Times columnist:
"So there he was in Zanesville, Ohio, pandering to evangelicals by promising not just to maintain the Bush program of investing taxpayer dollars in religious-based initiatives, but to expand it. Separation of church and state? Forget about it."
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Posted by Timothy Briley At 09:40:39 AM On 07/09/2008 | - Website - |