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2023-04-16 12:15:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C5A967154666F71BF304D8DE8EE9C2C5A226965A85C8D7563AC247F228604DC
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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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