“Rape is a capital crime in Texas.”
It is?
Totally bitchin’ state ya got there....:)
I’m tired of all the pandering to certain vermin.
Compare every aspect of this case and both it’s coverage and colorage to the ‘alleged’ Tawanna Brawley fiasco . . .
I’m not there, but concur.
We did have legal concealed carry decades before they did, though.
They beat us on castle law / no duty to retreat.
Louisiana did have the death penalty for child rapist, but the US Supreme Court found this a violation of the 8th amendment. As it stands right now, in no State in the Union can you be executed for the crime of rape, regardless of the victims age. If the victim dies in the course of the rape, then you can be charged with felony murder in most if not all jurisdictions, but rape alone will not get you the death penalty.
Texas is awesome but this is one area where we fall short.