A lawmaker recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq is anticipating more combat over his effort to impose the death penalty on those who brutally rape children 12 and younger.
It would join first-degree murder, kidnapping resulting in death and treason as the only crimes punishable by death in Colorado.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 ruled the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment for convicted rapists but left the window open for states to impose the ultimate punishment on those who brutally rape children.
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Honestly, although the rapist has brutally ripped the child's childhood right from their hands and possibly caused long-term problem for them the rest of their lives, I don't feel that killing the rapist is the answer. I do however think the rapist should spend life in prison so they give up their life for the life of the children that was damaged.
I agree with thesecretrevealed. Rape really hurt victim’s heart. It is never allowed, but death penalty is not good way to punish. The reason that I think is “Did the rapist really regret what he did?” If he did not, death penalty did not mean anything. I think life sentence is much heavier than death penalty. And he should really think about what he did.
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