Following the oral argument, here are some interesting links from around the Web:
Supreme Court debates execution in child rape case, Times-Picayune (HT: How Appealing)
Supreme Court ponders death for rapists of children, McClatchy Newspapers (HT: How Appealing)
Justices skeptical of challenge to La. child rape law, Times-Picayune (HT: How Appealing)
Focused analysis of distraction of Kennedy case, Sentencing Law & Policy
The latest views of the Kennedy capital child rape case, Sentencing Law & Policy
Louisiana’s capital rape statute headed for trouble?, Capital Defense Weekly
Lastly, here is an excerpt from Marci Hamilton's Findlaw column:
The argument against this punishment, though, is that the severity of the penalty is likely to lead legislators and others to think that they have accomplished more than they actually have by imposing it. The truth is that life in prison without parole is just as successful in serving society's need to keep child rapists away from children as the death penalty would be. There is no quantum increase in child safety that depends upon whether the perpetrator is alive and locked away, or dead and gone.
Hamilton discusses a lot of the policy arguments (on both sides) surrounding the case. So, go check the whole article out for yourself.
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