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July 1, 2008
Success for the pajama media
A military blogger noticed what eluded the supreme court and her many researchers. The court noted in their ruling on the death penalty that for child rape that there was no federal death penalty for child rape. But it seems that there is. Congress revised the sex crimes section of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in 2006 to add child rape to the military death penalty.
Caught by a lawyer blogger and not even one working on the case. Just an expert stranger with a passion for blogging.
Two interesting facts from the NY Times article: In Weighing Death Penalty, a Flaw in Fact
1) The last execution by the US military was on on April 13, 1961, when Pvt. John A. Bennett was put to death by hanging. His crime: the rape of an 11-year-old girl.
2) Any losing party in the Supreme Court can file a petition within 25 days asking the justices to reconsider their decision. Granting such a petition requires a majority vote.
Posted by OneEyedMan at July 1, 2008 6:34 PM
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