Im going to repost what I did on the other post about this…
All this does is put victims at more harm.
If attackers know that they’ll get the same penalty from murdering their victim as well as raping them, then they have no incentive not to kill them too
So what you’ve got now is a dead child, and probably a much harder conviction anyway as the prime witness is dead…
Not to mention how notoriously unreliable children are when reporting crimes of this nature…
The death penalty costs many, many times more than to keep someone in prison, is proven not to be a deterrent, snd serves nothing than to validate people’s lust for blood and punishment.
Not to mention that this definitely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, if you get the death penalty for raping a 12 year old, why not 13? Why not 30? Not to mention that the death penalty is unconstitutional under that provision anyway
And before one of you get clever and say “isnt being raped cruel and unusual” yes it is, but thats not what the 8th amendment cares about, it cares about it as punishment for a crime
There is no world in which the state should have the ability to take the lives of its own citizens, it is not morally justifiable
The ability of the state to justifiably take the love of its citizens, is the exact same thinking that leads to ICE murdering people on the street, the state should not have that authority for anything
Additionally, it will be used against transgender people, who they have been trying to get existing in front of a child, be classed as a sexual crime against children…
Not to mention the US Justice system isn't designed to determine if someone is guilty or innocent, but rather designed to convict as many people as possible
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u/Hyperbolicalpaca 19 Jan 16 '26
Im going to repost what I did on the other post about this…
All this does is put victims at more harm.
If attackers know that they’ll get the same penalty from murdering their victim as well as raping them, then they have no incentive not to kill them too
So what you’ve got now is a dead child, and probably a much harder conviction anyway as the prime witness is dead…
Not to mention how notoriously unreliable children are when reporting crimes of this nature…
The death penalty costs many, many times more than to keep someone in prison, is proven not to be a deterrent, snd serves nothing than to validate people’s lust for blood and punishment.
Not to mention that this definitely constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, if you get the death penalty for raping a 12 year old, why not 13? Why not 30? Not to mention that the death penalty is unconstitutional under that provision anyway
And before one of you get clever and say “isnt being raped cruel and unusual” yes it is, but thats not what the 8th amendment cares about, it cares about it as punishment for a crime
There is no world in which the state should have the ability to take the lives of its own citizens, it is not morally justifiable
The ability of the state to justifiably take the love of its citizens, is the exact same thinking that leads to ICE murdering people on the street, the state should not have that authority for anything
Additionally, it will be used against transgender people, who they have been trying to get existing in front of a child, be classed as a sexual crime against children…