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Notre Dame Against State Killing (ND ASK) is a campaign for a moratorium on executions in Indiana. We work to inspire discussion and action on the death penalty on the Notre Dame campus and across Indiana.

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Supreme Court: Death Penalty Applies Only to Murder

On June 25, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, struck down Louisiana's law allowing a death sentence for those guilty of child rape. The Kennedy v. Louisiana opinion additionally extended the current understanding of death-eligible crimes, clarifying that the death penalty is “for crimes that take the life of the victim."

Read full coverage on the InCASE blog.

Posted by Notre Dame Against State Killing on 7/04/2008

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