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The Springfield News-Leader carries an editorial, "Execution of child rapists will not protect our children."Greene County Prosecutor Darrell Moore cited some of the concerns listed above as he offered his opinions on the proposed law. He added he cannot understand why the move has been made to try to broaden Missouri's use of capital punishment at a time when questions of the constitutionality of a similar law are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Louisiana case. Should the court rule unfavorably toward expansion of the penalty in that case, work by Missouri's lawmakers will be moot. If the legislature is doing more than just posturing with its talk of a death penalty for child rapists, lawmakers must first engage in serious, analytical discussion with those most directly affected: child advocates, prosecutors and police...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).