In 2003, A man named Patrick Kennedy raped his step-daughter. The girl originally said that 2 boys had assaulted her in her garage. 21 moths later she reported what actually happened. The assault took place when she was sorting her Girl Scout Cookies in front of her garage.

     Kennedy is currently on death row.  Under Lousiana law, a rape of a child that us under the age of 12 can be put on death row. He is the first and only person on death row for rape that didn’t include murder. The supreme court will decide whether or not keep him on death row in April. This case ties in with the 8th amendment because  cruel and unusual punishment or bail isn’t needed because Kennedy is on death row.

     I am in favor of him being on death row because the girl was only 8 years old! this can scar her for the rest of her life and maybe even cause her to do bad things later on.