Kennedy v. Louisiana: The United States Supreme Court Erroneously Finds a National Consensus against the Use of the Death Penalty for the Crime of Child Rape
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Authors
Flickinger, Benjamin J.
Issue Date
2009
Volume
42
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|For over thirty years, the Supreme Court of the United States has recognized that the death penalty is not an unconstitutionally excessive punishment. In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court held that the death penalty, as a form of punishment, may be imposed for the crime of murder. Since then, the Supreme Court has narrowed the usage of the death penalty, preventing its use against certain classes of defendants. The Supreme Court has also determined that the death penalty is not constitutionally permissible for the crime of rape when the victim is an adult woman...
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42 Creighton L. Rev. 655 (2008-2009)
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Creighton University School of Law