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Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump advocated expanding the death penalty for drug dealers, human traffickers, and child rapists.
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Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2008, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional when the child survives, the American Bar Journal reported Monday.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The image of the 72-year-old grandmother sitting straight-backed in a French courtroom as her 50 rapists were convicted today is as indelible as the facts of the Avignon trial are inexplicable.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Additional testing again excluded Calhoun, but he was not released until three years later, when the DNA profile was entered into the federal database and matched a serial rapist: Lionel Wells.
—Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In 2008, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional when the child survives, the American Bar Journal reported Monday.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The image of the 72-year-old grandmother sitting straight-backed in a French courtroom as her 50 rapists were convicted today is as indelible as the facts of the Avignon trial are inexplicable.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Additional testing again excluded Calhoun, but he was not released until three years later, when the DNA profile was entered into the federal database and matched a serial rapist: Lionel Wells.
—Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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