Guest JMT Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 S.C. bill: Execute 2-time molestersPush follows arrest in dungeon case; attorney general backs proposalCOLUMBIA - Some S.C. legislators want to execute twice-convicted child molesters, and experts say such a law could be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court."This is a historic moment for South Carolina to step forward and force the Supreme Court's hand," said Sen. David Thomas, R-Greenville, who is supporting a bill that could make the state the second -- behind Louisiana -- to allow the death penalty for a crime other than murder. "We have changed as a nation since the 1970s when the court last addressed the constitutionality of capital punishment for a sex crime. It's a horror -- someone who twice rapes a young child -- they deserve a death sentence."FULL STORY: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/14202154.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 i would support it. these people are unable to be rehabilitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tres-b Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 To me this is not about trying to deter, it is about protecting children which I am all for in every way. That being said, 2 counts of statutory rape on a 16 year old shouldnt lead to the DP. There has to be limits to the way this is enforced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slamminshaun Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 I don't support the death penalty unless its 1st degree murder. As much as I'd love to stick in a needle in the arm of a child molester, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Life without parole is more appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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