How absurd is it to think you can put someone to death for rape? (Not to mention that the United States would execute any criminal for even murder. It is disgusting.) The developed Western world, with the exception of the United States, of course, has abolished execution as a form of punishment for crimes.
Luckily, the United States Supreme Court has very narrowly defined that execution may only be used as a form of punishment in cases of murder. The Court's decision came on the heels of a Louisiana law, which gave courts the right to sentence child rapists to death. The truly frightening part is the Court's decision was 5-4. The majority's opinion stated that Louisiana's law was "cruel and unusual."
We as a civilized nation must be abhorred that people are executed as a form of punishment, first of all. Secondly, the fact that four justices of the United States Supreme Court ruled that it is appropriate to execute criminals for non-death related crimes is astonishing and unacceptable, It is a glimpse at what eight years of George W. Bush has given this country's judicial system, through appointments to the federal bench.
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