Before Big Show decided to use the SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v. Kennedy as cover for the Federalist Society talking points, I found myself considering the “punishment” that the Court found appropriate on for an individual defendant and a corporate one.
If you’re going to allow capital punishment at all, the rape of a child seems more than a reasonable basis for it. As long as a state can demonstrate that the process was fair – that the defendant was represented by adequate counsel, no gross errors in evidentiary process, the judge was not of the “hanging” variety – then if they want to execute someone for this crime, so be it. I simply do not understand why the Court found this violated the 8th Amendment. Continue reading ‘Crime and Punishement?’
