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  2. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In North Carolina, the offenses of Rape and Sexual Offense cover cases of forced penetration. [50] The Constitution of North Carolina ranks rape among the crimes which can be punished by death, although Kennedy v. Louisiana restricts the range of capital crimes to homicides and crimes against the State. [51]

  3. Coker v. Georgia - Wikipedia

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    The death penalty for the rape of an adult is grossly disproportionate and excessive punishment and so is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment, as cruel and unusual punishment. Court membership; Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall

  4. Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rape prevalence among women in the U.S. (the percentage of women who experienced rape at least once in their lifetime so far) is in the range of 15–20% according to different studies (National Violence against Women survey, 1995, found 17.6% prevalence rate; [10] a 2007 national study for the Department of Justice on rape found 18% prevalence ...

  5. Rapists draw lighter sentences when DNA test backlogs delay ...

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    Milwaukee detectives cracked a stranger rape case from 2007 with funding from the state’s backlog testing grant. A 14-year-old was held down and assaulted by three men in an abandoned home.

  6. Tennessee Senate advances bill to allow death penalty for ...

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    The Supreme Court ruled nearly 40 years ago that execution is too harsh a punishment for sexual assault, and justices made a similar decision in 2008 in a case involving the rape of a child.

  7. Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child ...

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    The Supreme Court ruled nearly 40 years ago that execution is too harsh a punishment for sexual assault, and justices made a similar decision in 2008 in a case involving the rape of a child.

  8. Laws regarding rape - Wikipedia

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    Castration is sometimes a punishment for rape and, controversially, some U.S. jurisdictions allow shorter sentences for sex criminals who agree to voluntary chemical castration. In the past, rape was often punished with death, and it is punishable by death in at least nine countries today: China , Afghanistan , United Arab Emirates , Egypt ...

  9. Tennessee bill to allow death penalty for child rape in ... - AOL

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    Tennessee could become one of the few states to permit capital punishment for rape of a child under 12. House Bill 1663, sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, would ...