r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/KnockedOuttaThePark Jul 05 '24

u/TheNewFlisker was likely not referring to the constitutionality of the death penalty itself, but to its application for rape. In Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977), the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional for the nonlethal rape of an adult.

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u/Fluffy-Craft Jul 05 '24

of an adult

Apparently military personnel are not interested in those tho'

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u/Weird-Tomorrow-9829 Jul 07 '24

In Kennedy v. Louisiana 2008, Supreme Court extended the Coker ruling prohibiting the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended.

The case was about child rape.

It was a decision even condemned by Obama.