Supreme Court of the United States
Kennedy v. Louisiana
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- June 25, 2008
- Case
- Kennedy v. Louisiana
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Alito, with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting. The Court today holds that the Eighth Amendment categorically prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for the crime of raping a child. This is so, according to the Court, no matter how young the child, no matter how many times the child is raped, no matter how ma…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | June 25, 2008 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | June 25, 2008 |