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US court rejects death for child rapists

'OUTRAGED' Proponents of the death penalty for child rapists were incensed by the Supreme Court ruling that execution is a disproportionate punishment for the crime

AP , NEW YORK

“No case is necessarily definitive when you’re looking at specific language,” she said. “I don’t think this is airtight.”

It could be possible to argue for applying the death penalty against attackers who “intended to kill” their victims, but did not, she said. Or those who assault especially young children, such as toddlers, she said.

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