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Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (U.S. Supreme Court) (554 U.S. 407; 128 S.Ct. 2641) (June 25, 2008) (Justice Kennedy) by The specific issue before the Court in this sharply-divided death-penalty case was whether the Constitution bars the states from imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child where …

Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (U.S. Supreme Court) (554 U.S. 407; 129 S.Ct. 1) (October 1, 2008) (Per Curiam) by [Editor's Note: For some commentaries on this ruling, see • "Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Child Rape Case," by Tony Mauro, as published on Legal Times at http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424956066 on October …