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Do you believe that the Supreme Court was right in their decision that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to use the death penalty for a child rapist?
Results so far:
| Right | 37% | 119 votes | Total: 322 votes | |
| Wrong | 63% | 203 votes |
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by Chris Markel
Created on: August 21, 2008 Last Updated: July 02, 2011
The US Supreme Court's decision in the overturning of the death penalty for child rape in the case of
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Created on: May 08, 2009 Last Updated: May 11, 2009
"Was the Supreme Court ruling, that the death penalty for child rapists is cruel and unusual punishment,
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Created on: September 12, 2008
I believe that the death penalty is wrong under any circumstances. Children have not fully developed
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by Mark Mukasa
Created on: August 25, 2009 Last Updated: August 27, 2009
This heinous and unimaginable evil committed by the child rapist would raise very strong emotions in
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Created on: May 15, 2010 Last Updated: May 16, 2010
I don't believe in the death penalty for anyone and that is probably due to my Christian background.
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Created on: December 03, 2010
We have two victims in this case. One is a child, horribly traumatized by a step father. The other is
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by David Brown
Created on: January 05, 2009
As a person who adores children, yet does not have any of his own, believe that any time a child is
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Created on: September 05, 2008
The death penalty is no answer to any crime in our supposedly modern, civilised world. Unfortunately,
Wrong
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Created on: August 20, 2008 Last Updated: October 04, 2008
When I first learned of the Supreme Courts decision concerning the Death Penalty as it applies to child
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by Eric Tarr
Created on: January 07, 2010 Last Updated: January 09, 2010
I am severely disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision. That a child rapist cannot be put to death
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Created on: October 30, 2010 Last Updated: October 31, 2010
In most cases those people that commit rape have progressed from something seemingly harmless such as
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Created on: October 19, 2008 Last Updated: October 24, 2008
If the Supreme Court is the moral compass of this country, it is no wonder our country is sliding down
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by Ms. C. Jones
Created on: January 05, 2009
The Supreme Court has stated that it is "cruel and unusual punishment" to put a paedophile to death.
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by Jesse Elms
Created on: October 02, 2008
Nothing more was dimly misunderstood than the concept of US constitution, its role and the subsequent
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Created on: August 29, 2008
No, I don't think the same as the Supreme Court. What about the child? What about another child like
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