Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty in Child Rape Case
Patrick Kennedy Would Be First Man Executed for Rape Since 1964
Louisiana joins Georgia, Florida, Montana, South Carolina and Oklahoma as the only states that allow capital punishment in cases of childKennedy's lawyers have promised to take the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kennedy is currently the only man on death row convicted of a non-homicide.
Source: KATC- Louisiana death penalty for child rapists upheld (Associated Press)
CNN-Court upholds death sentence for child rape (Associated Press)
Adam Liptak Louisiana Court Backs Death in Child Rape New York Times
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04/19/2008
I say let this SICK ASS LIVE ON AND BE TORTURED AS LONG AS POSSIBLE....LET HIM GET RAPED IN THE ASS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL!!!
Shorty
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12/18/2007
I too am a mother, of two beautiful girls. Anyone that says this (scum of the earth) should be allowed to live
is no better than he is. Especially from a parents point of view. Maybe some of you softies should move in next to these people and invite them into your house to have dinner with your children. Wake up people! We aren't living on Little House on the Prairie anymore.
Amy. Mother of two.
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12/13/2007
I totally agree with Heather. I am all for the death penalty in a child rape!!! Being a mother of two young children. I promise you that if something happened to my children. The person responsible would die either by me or the state. I have two sisters who were raped in their teenage years. One in the state of Michigan who was given the date rape drug on a campus by a stranger. The other in the state of Ohio by a friends older brother. They will live with nightmares, relationship and trust issues for the rest of their lives.
Jamie, your exactly right. This will open the door for more murders, and other problems.
If a man rapes an 8-year-old child, put him to death...but not before leaving him to the general prison population for the duration of his death sentence, so he can be in the place of his victim. If people can be put to death for treason, the death penalty for the rape of a child is a no-brainer.
I don't think there is anything worse you can do than rape a child. It ruins them. It kills a part of them. It changes them forever. It would have been far more merciful for him to have simply killed her. Raping a child tortures them physically during the attack and then mentally for the rest of their lives. He should die. Anyone who tortures someone like that should die.
I am all for the death penalty, but only when you actually kill someone or contribute materially to the killing. This one makes me very uncomfortable. He may be human feces, but he could have done worse. With this, the in-for-a-penny-in-for-a-pound mentality can take over -- why not kill the kid since you can be executed for raping her anyway?
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- Patrick Kennedy was convicted in 2003 child rape.
- Louisiana law permits the death penalty in the rape of persons under 12.
- Kennedy would be the first person executed for rape since 1964