Archive for September 6th, 2008
No Decision Again on Death Penalty Rehearing
0 Comments Published by Kedar September 6th, 2008 in Death Penalty, Supreme CourtThe State of Louisiana filed for reharing in Louisiana v. Kennedy, the landmark death penalty case in which the Court held, 5-4, that capital crimes cannot Consitutionally include non-life ending crimes such as child rape. The state filed a petition for rehearing earlier this summer and since then the Federal Government has asked to join […]
