The reason why I was so upset is being able to pass one law against rapists, opens the door to more laws. If child rapists can be givin the death penalty it shows that people are considering how punishment should be givin to those sick types of people. Once that is in place it's a short step to all rapists, not just child rapists. And using a child as an image seems to strike a chord more often than a grown women with the misogonistic asses that make these desicions. All this would have been holly is a foot in the door. And sadly, and the reason why I am pissed is now the toes on that foot are broken, and there is no hope for children or adults that suffer at the hands of rapists. We all have an adgenda on why this upsets us, why are you focused on adult women, instead of all adults?-not attacking, just curious?

Good point

I agree with you, Holly. I don't mean to diminish the dispicable nature of the crime, but it is JUST as dispicable to rape a full-grown woman as it is to rape a child!
Remember those old, yellow signs that soccer moms used to put up in the rear windows of their Caravans that said, "Baby On Board"? My response to that was always, "So what?" Are people really going drive more carefully around this car because a baby is inside? Why is a youngster's life more important than any other person's life?

huh - great points holly... I would have to agree with you!

I can agree with you all. I am against the death penalty in general btw.

I agree with what Eky (James) said above here. There was a woman here in the metroplex in her 80's I believe. Anyway an elderly woman that was beaten with a hammer by a robber and sexually assaulted. She passed away after a few days in the hospital. Just so very sad!!

Rape is rape, murder is murder, and torture is torture (had to throw that in...LOL) and yes it should be punished to the fullest extent whoever commits it. Sadly I think some feel the older the individual, the more likely a "consent" existed. Of course, that is not the case.