LOUISIANA ASKS COURT TO REVISIT RAPE LAWS
New York Times/Adam Liptak
Lawyers for the State of Louisiana asked the United State Supreme Court on Monday toreconsider its decision last month striking down laws that made child rape a capital offense. The lawyers said the court's decision overlooked two crucial legal developments: a 2006 federal lawand a 2007 executive order making child rape a capital crime under military law.
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