Crash Course: Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty

Death penalty states want the Supreme Court to throw out its precedents and allow the execution of child rapists Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvczB3bHVmMjN2NS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZjQzYzh0ZDdtMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvd3Ywbjd0NzZtay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcno1aGFybHd4OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMXFuaWN5eGFmNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNnZqeDZybG1jaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty From Austin Sarat: Even as support for the death penalty [wanes](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbGlhbXB1bnY4eS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) across the country, Republican governors, led by Florida’s Ron DeSantis, are signing into law legislation expanding the death penalty. Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee [signed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoNZtHP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveTZyenhoZ2t4Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhwaTB2ZnkwczJXA3NwY0IKZk9IFlNmTsYDHFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) a bill authorizing the death penalty for aggravated rape of a child. The law goes into effect on July 1. 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