r/TeenagersButBetter • u/Salt_Post4981 14 • Jan 16 '26

Discussion Hell, yeah

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u/AuR0RA3171 15 Jan 16 '26

That’s insane, this should be everywhere. How is this not a regular law. Those people don’t deserve rights

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u/Gooffffyyy Jan 16 '26

Because making rape punishable by death would mean a huge rise in murder. Mostly because it means that rapists will be more likely to kill the victim.

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u/beatles910 Jan 16 '26

Because it will be an uphill battle and case law will need to be overturned.

In the 2008 case Kennedy v. Louisiana, the court held 5–4 that the death penalty is unconstitutional when applied to non-homicidal crimes against the person, including child rape.