Executing Rapists Making Headway

Fanny Carrier / AFP:
The idea of executing child rapists, even when there in no loss of life, is making headway in the United States. The Louisiana Supreme Court last week upheld the death sentence for a pedophile, and the governor of Texas is soon to sign into law legislation to that effect. In 1995, Louisiana was the first state to adopt legislation authorizing the death penalty for child rapists.

Posted by Editor at May 29, 2007 02:45 AM