Alabama AG Blasts Scotus Ruling

Alabama Attorney General Troy King says the public should be outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing the execution of people convicted of raping a child.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: June 25, 2008

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King says
the public should be outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling
outlawing the execution of people convicted of raping a child.
King had filed a brief supporting Louisiana's death penalty law
for child rapists. The court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that the law
violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
King called the ruling "wrong headed."
He has been trying to get the Alabama Legislature to pass a law
providing for the execution of people twice convicted of raping a
child. But King says there is no need to keep pushing the
legislation with the current makeup of the Supreme Court.

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