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Kennedy Commentary at Bloomberg

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Bloomberg columnist Ann Woolner writes, "To Help Raped Children, Don't Give Rapists Death."  Here's an extended excerpt:Social workers who counsel raped children and nonprofit groups devoted to combating sexual assault say states do victims more harm than good when they allow capital punishment for child rape.     For one thing, the law encourages the rapist to kill the victim, as he would have little to lose and might get away with the crime by killing the only witness to it.     So argues a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the National Association of Social Workers, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence and related organizations.     ``What's the incentive to keep the victim alive?'' asks Judy Benitez, executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).