Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This paper examines the recent decision regarding the unconstitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty punishment for certain cases of child rape. The paper explores some of the nuanced language of the opinion as it indicates sublte shifts in the Court's death penalty analysis.
Recommended Citation
Mary Graw Leary, Kennedy v. Louisiana: A Chapter of Subtle Changes in the Supreme Court’s Book on the Death Penalty—Sex Offenders: Recent Developments in Punishment and Management, 21 FED. SENT’G REP. 98 (2008).