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The Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether states should be able to execute child rapists.(The Week)(Brief article)
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May 05, 2008 |
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The Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether states should be able to execute child rapists. Both moral and practical arguments are made against this extension of the death penalty. Some of the opponents are against capital punishment in all, or almost all, cases. Others worry that rapists will kill their victims to avoid death by ...
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