[Spirited]

"Unfortunately the Supreme Court held in Coker v. Georgia (1977) that the death penalty for rape violated the Eighth Amendment (cruel and punishment)."

I would be interested in knowing what a panel of women would have ruled in this case. To me rape is more violent than murder and long-term consequences can often be worse than murder for woman and her family.

In the case of a child who has been violated in this way the long term consequences are, to my mind, more horrifying.

Too bad the jury can't be all female.

[LPStar]

The problem is that if both rape and murder have the death penalty, the rapist has a great incentive to kill his victim. Most women (or male victims for that matter) still want to stay alive afterwards, despite the suffering.