[The_Republican]

Some edits.

[Retired Greyhound]

if we are going to have a death penalty in this country, child rapists should be at the top of the list.

[samtheman]

Death....

.... by bongo-bongo!

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

First Degree Murder.
Forcible Rape.
Kidnapping of a Child (excluding parental kidnapping).
Treason.

All should be capital crimes in all States.

[pissant]

How about death for all rapists. For child rapists, death by broomstick

[El Cid]

Some edits.

I missed it - what were they?
You didn't capitalize the "A"?

[taxcontrol]

While I am a strong supporter of the death penalty, allowing execution for rape leaves me a bit concerned.

Imagine if you will that an 18 year old boy and a 16 year old girl “get busy” and the folks come home. Girl is scared and cries rape. Now the boy could be executed for what otherwise would have been passed over.

Or think of some kid, under the influence of some angry mom or liberal doc who convinces the kid that daddy did wrong.

Not saying I’m against the idea ... I’m just cautious.

[MeanWestTexan]

If this is at issue, I guess draw-and-quartering is right out?

How about radiation poisoning? Letting them slowly melt?

Acid?

Or maybe starvation in a hot filthy cell, plenty of water, but with food just out of reach?

[cake_crumb]

So much for the argument that the death penalty - at least by lethal injection - violates the 8th Amendment on cruel and unusual punishment.

Washington - Lethal-injection procedures in Kentucky do not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

In a 7-to-2 decision announced on Wednesday, the US Supreme Court upheld the injection procedures used by Kentucky officials to execute condemned prisoners. The majority justices ruled that the existing procedures do not pose a "substantial risk of serious harm."

Christian Science Monitor

[goldstategop]

I have advocated the execution of pedophiles. They are not really reformable. Any one who can't control their sex drive is a danger not only to children but to all living things as well.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TChris]

Groups that work to prevent sexual violence also have sided with Kennedy. They say victims often know their attacker — a relative or family friend — and that more rapes will go unreported if children have to worry that their words might lead to an execution.

I would think the exact opposite would be the case. A child victim would be less likely to report a rape if she thought the rapist would be getting out of prison to come after her later. If she knew he would never hurt her again, she'd more likely help put him away.

That's just my best male-who'll-never-have-to-face-this guess.

[Raymann]

“Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!”

I love my home state.

[Ditto]

"I am not a moralist, I am a judge," said Breyer.

Sure could have foold me. Breyer is the guy who thinks he should foreign laws in US cases.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Bet they wish they were in Yemen (or any other ME/Arabian/Persian Gulf state). Then all they would have to consider is whether to grant a divorce to the victim. Easy.

[JmyBryan]

I believe prison rapists should also be executed. Prisons are lunatic asylums. Inmates should learn to follow rules, not rape the weak.