Re: New Supreme Court Term
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Whether explicit images created without using actual children can be prosecuted as child pornography.
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lol. Most open and shut one imo.
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A Louisiana man is on death row for raping a 12 year old. He is the only person in the country on death row for a crime not involving a murder. The Court will examine whether the death penalty for non-murder crimes is an 8th Amendment violation
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Why does it matter whether it's murder or not with regard to the death penalty being cruel or unusual? Obviously, the founders did not intend the Eighth Amendment to prevent states from executing people.
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Nitty point: Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited not cruel or unusual.
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