Louisiana sentenced the 43-year-old Patrick Kennedy to death for the Rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. The U. S. " In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that the constitution barred execution for the Rape of a 16-year-old girl, referring to such an execution as "grossly disproportionate and excessive punishment" However, Louisiana's court apparently views child Rape as a much more heinous crime than the Rape of a 16-year-old. I think we all view child Rape as an especially horrible form of Rape. I see it as more heinous than even most murders. If the government will execute people for murder, treason, drug trafficking and espionage, then it must allow for the execution of people for child Rape to remain consistent. However, I question the use of the death penalty at all.

Forcible Rape and attempted forcible Rape between people who know each other, either casually or well, make up a sizeable percentage of the false accusations in the criminal justice system. The cry of Rape or abuse is a familiar cry when a relationship goes sour or when a woman has second thoughts after a night of sex or near intimacy. While there are certainly legitimate claims of Rape and attempted Rape in the world, from the defendant's perspective there are good reasons to view each claim with skepticism. Relationship Rapes and date Rapes are closely related and the techniques to defend each are similar. The reasons for the accusations vary as do the situation, the character and personality of the alleged victim. All experienced Rape defense lawyers have seen the young man who falls for a beautiful but unstable young woman and ends up getting accused when they break up or go farther than the woman's mental state will allow. And, quite frankly, men are often too driven by their sexual desires to be careful in their judgments about who they attempt to bed. Men view sex entirely different than women for the most part. Men are very capable of enjoying sex and not thinking anything about it afterwards except for how much fun they had. Women may claim that is how they feel but the facts of these accusations show they have a much harder time accepting it as such a meaningless act of pleasure. It is in these instances that false accusations arise. Also, often times "no means no" to a woman.

Louisiana sentenced the 43-year-old Patrick Kennedy to death for the Rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. The U. S. " In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that the constitution barred execution for the Rape of a 16-year-old girl, referring to such an execution as "grossly disproportionate and excessive punishment" However, Louisiana's court apparently views child Rape as a much more heinous crime than the Rape of a 16-year-old. I think we all view child Rape as an especially horrible form of Rape. I see it as more heinous than even most murders. If the government will execute people for murder, treason, drug trafficking and espionage, then it must allow for the execution of people for child Rape to remain consistent. However, I question the use of the death penalty at all.