NYT: US Supreme Court Rules No Death for Child Rape, Reduces Punitives Against Exxon
A couple of significant decisions just released from the U.S. Supreme Court, courtesy of the New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Raping ChildrenTechnorati Tags: rape, death penalty, Exxon, Exxon Valdez, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, law
The Supreme Court struck down a law that allows execution for raping a child, ruling that it would violate the
Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In
another ruling, the justices cut the $2.5 billion punitive
damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500
million.
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Todd Epp
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