[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA. GA., ALA., MICH.

2008-10-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 10 USA: Capital punishment scope narrows, IU experts say Child rape does not merit death, Supreme Court rules The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that child rape is a crime that does not merit the death penalty, and IU experts say the ruling narrows the scope of

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA, GA., ALA.

2008-04-14 Thread Rick Halperin
April 14 USA: Death Penalty for Child Rape, a Thing to Reconsider This is the 1st time in more than 30 years when the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to accept the death penalty for the crime of raping a child. Until now, murder was a single crime category that could be