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Person_756335846 t1_it06q5n wrote

Reply to comment by Key_Environment8179 in 'Superfly' actor Kaalan Walker sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexual assault by BusbyBusby

Coker v Georgia and Kennedy v Louisiana, as explained in US v Briggs.

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Key_Environment8179 t1_it07e7n wrote

So you believe people should be executed for rape. Make the punishment worse than the crime. What the actual fuck I would bet everything I own that those cases will never be overturned

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Person_756335846 t1_it08jb7 wrote

There are a lot of procedural protections for defendants already. A jury of their peers has to vote unanimiously that aggregating factors outweigh mitigating factors beyond a reasonable doubt, with every aggravating factor needing proof beyond a reasonable doubt and each motivating factor requiring only a modest amount of evidence to prove.

The only serious argument against this is that the trial process for rape is too open to abuse, which is the same for murder… either way if that’s the case rape should at least be punishable with LWOP to allow exoneration if that happens.

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