Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child.

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• H.J.Res. 82Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

  2008-06-03Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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• H.J.Res. 83Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Constitution does not preclude a penalty of death, including when it is imposed for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

  2008-06-03Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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• S.Res. 626A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child.

  2008-07-25Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7481-7482)

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1. 2008-06-26

   Introduced in House

2. 2008-06-26

   Introduced in House

3. 2008-06-26

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.