A recent article in the Cornell Law Review argues that state death penalty laws that allow the death penalty for the crime of rape of a child where no death occurs may be unconstitutional.
Joanna H. D’Avella, NOTE : DEATH ROW FOR CHILD RAPE ? CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT UNDER THE ROPER-ATKINS “ EVOLVING STANDARDS OF DECENCY ” FRAMEWORK , 92 Cornell Law Review 129 (2006 ) (available at http://organizations.lawschool.cornell.edu/clr/9 2 _1 /davella/92 – 1 .pdf ).
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