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2023-04-16 17:11:33 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A572A6ED62BB681802BAD57B34BDBD4EB7F54896142431F5119C15ED297B580
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The US Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Louisiana 554 U.S. 407 (2008) Appellant was convicted of raping a child. The court held that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits imposing the death penalty for any crime where the victim did not die. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/554/407.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_v._Louisiana
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