To: B-Chan
The last time I checked rape wasn't a Constitutional form of punishment.
Nor is sympathy required by the Constitution.
21 posted on
02/12/2007 11:28:19 AM PST by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: P-40
No, it is God that requires that we have sympathy for prisoners. I'd be happy to point out chapter and verse if you like.
25 posted on
02/12/2007 11:29:30 AM PST by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: P-40
Nor is sympathy required by the Constitution. True, but then that is due through the command of much higher authority.
85 posted on
02/12/2007 11:46:42 AM PST by
GingisK
To: P-40
Anal rape is agreed to be cruel and unusual punishment by pretty much anyone, I'd bet.
To: P-40
"Nor is sympathy required by the Constitution." But justice is. And justice requires that the authorities must suppress rape; and that the assailant must be arrested, charged, and punished.
Since the assailant in this case is already in jail, punishment should obviously involve something more than jail or "more jail." I think the death penalty would arguably be justified, although on the merciful end of the spectrum, there's always flogging.
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