Crimes Against the State

Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


Diane Dimond

There is an inner voice in my head that can't stop screaming! I've heard it since last week when the US Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under 12 should not be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a "proportional punishment."