Criminal
Jan. 8, 2008
Supreme Court Agrees to Weigh Death Penalty for Child Rapist
WASHINGTON - Stanford Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic landed one of its most important cases ever on Friday when the high court agreed to decide if the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars Louisiana from executing an inmate convicted of raping a child.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Stanford Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic landed one of its most important cases ever on Friday when the high court agreed to decide if the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars Louisiana from executing an inmate convicted of raping a child.
"It is a wonderful opportunity to have such an interest...
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