U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Law Allowing Execution for Child Rape

[Miss Mia]

the ruling on the DC handgun ban is going to be handed down tomorrow.  anyone wanna bet THAT one
will be a 5-4 loss, too?  I am already expecting it to be upheld.

mccain should be able to use the gitmo habeas corpus ruling, today's death penalty ruling, and tomorrow's
likely loss on handgun ownership to great advantage in the coming months.

I COMPLETELY disagree with the DC handgun banning.  I really hope that it goes the right way. 

I hope john mccain puts you on the supreme court.      you'd be a definite upgrade over stevens

"they" were bitching about Kennedy tonight on the radio.  Very unhappy. 

[rich_t]

I am relieved with this decision.  I am not a fan of the Louisiana law.  Yes, I think people who rape children don't deserve to live, but I do not want a door open for the death penalty to be able to be applied to any situation where a life, actual breathing life, has not been maliciously taken.  

A death sentence is not, nor should not be, about revenge.  The death penalty should stand as a clear decision that our society values individual life as the most precious possession an individual has.  It should be applied only when one person has deprived another person of their most precious and irreplaceable possession.  

The death penalty should only stand for "You took his life, so now you can't have yours".

I take it you were never raped or molested as a child.

Some scars never heal.

I think that rape and especially child rape is most deserving of the death penalty.

[rich_t]

I am relieved with this decision.  I am not a fan of the Louisiana law.  Yes, I think people who rape children don't deserve to live, but I do not want a door open for the death penalty to be able to be applied to any situation where a life, actual breathing life, has not been maliciously taken. 

A death sentence is not, nor should not be, about revenge.  The death penalty should stand as a clear decision that our society values individual life as the most precious possession an individual has.  It should be applied only when one person has deprived another person of their most precious and irreplaceable possession. 

The death penalty should only stand for "You took his life, so now you can't have yours".

In a lot of molestation instances, the child's life is ruined....they never recover mentally from what was done to them.  That's just as bad as being killed, IMO.

Worse IMO. At least death is final and has a beginning and end.

My hardcore conservative philosophy is well established.  The fact I don't find fault with this SC decision should give you pause.

no one questioning your bona fides, by any means.  but your doubts about the DP shouldn't create doubt in anyone about their own conservative credentials, either.  jus' sayin'

if you want to prohibit the DP in any case not involving the taking of a life, then lobby your state legislature.  but if the duly elected representatives consider it an appropriate punishment in cases of child rape, then the SC decision today is a flat usurpation of democracy in LA.

Amen.  This SCOTUS ruling flies in the face of the 10th Amendment.

[rich_t]

On one side, I don't feel that execution is right for child rape, while I still think it's a horrible horrible crime.  I don't think that SCOTUS should have ruled at all on this case.  They should have declined to hear it in the first place, because it's a state's decision anyways, since not clearly laid out in the Constitution.

Finally..  A fellow poster that "understands".

[Miss Mia]

On one side, I don't feel that execution is right for child rape, while I still think it's a horrible horrible crime.  I don't think that SCOTUS should have ruled at all on this case.  They should have declined to hear it in the first place, because it's a state's decision anyways, since not clearly laid out in the Constitution.

Finally..  A fellow poster that "understands".

I love it when you conservatives side with the token lib.



 

[DixieBelle]

On one side, I don't feel that execution is right for child rape, while I still think it's a horrible horrible crime.  I don't think that SCOTUS should have ruled at all on this case.  They should have declined to hear it in the first place, because it's a state's decision anyways, since not clearly laid out in the Constitution.

Finally..  A fellow poster that "understands".

Hey! Several of us agreed with the last part. In fact, I know both myself and WE tried to point out that the judical fiat issue is really the only important one. This turned into a debate about the punishment itself (which is a great debate btw) but its really about SCOTUS overstepping.

And Mia, you're a smart cookie.

[Miss Mia]

On one side, I don't feel that execution is right for child rape, while I still think it's a horrible horrible crime.  I don't think that SCOTUS should have ruled at all on this case.  They should have declined to hear it in the first place, because it's a state's decision anyways, since not clearly laid out in the Constitution.

Finally..  A fellow poster that "understands".

Hey! Several of us agreed with the last part. In fact, I know both myself and WE tried to point out that the judical fiat issue is really the only important one. This turned into a debate about the punishment itself (which is a great debate btw) but its really about SCOTUS overstepping.

And Mia, you're a smart cookie.