My heart was incensed when I learned that the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled against the death penalty for convicted rapists of children.
The court wrote that, “the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child,” and “rape may be devastating in its harm, but in terms of moral depravity and of the injury to the person, it cannot compare to murder in its severity …”
What about the case of the 8-year-old girl who had to be rushed to the hospital for immediate surgery after she was raped by her step-father? Are these decision-makers human? Do they not have children of their own whom they love and cherish?
Just by being the owner of two puppies, I become ready to attack any stray dog that comes near them with just a curious intent. I can imagine what it will feel like to learn that someone has brutally violated my child.
The human instinct upon learning that someone has raped a child, is to kill that perpetrator.
This is especially true for the parents of the victim.
It’s a natural reaction because this kind of crime fits the punishment of death.
Supporters of the ban state that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment for child-raping. And rape isn’t cruel, especially to a child? Do they not know what the effects are for rape victims?
Most include life-long psychological issues of guilt, trust, safety, deteriorating academic/career performances, recipients of STDs and likelihood that the victims will become sexual assaulters themselves.
These kinds of negative effects change a person’s original self, mostly leading them down a path of destruction.
According to a study, the majority of prostitutes were sexually assaulted when young.
They may not have been killed, but something in them dies forever. If deviant people can sexually take advantage of a child in an aggressive, sadistic way, then those animals are capable of doing anything against society. They don’t deserve to breath up our oxygen. I don’t agree with paying taxes to support these sub-humans who are being fed in jail and have a bed to sleep on, while the victims continue to suffer physically and emotionally.
How can the Supreme Court look into a child-victim’s eyes and say, “Sorry to hear that the perpetrator viciously hurt you, but we’re going to keep him safe and comfortable in jail, because whatever he did to you wasn’t so bad.” Shame on those who can do that and go home to their own children.
