In the summer after your first year at law school, you begin an internship at a Texas law firm called "Execution Stoppers." As you discerned from their name, they specialize in keeping accused criminals off death row. On your first day at the firm, they ask you to write a memo summarizing their three easiest cases of the month. Case 1 involves a 17 year-old boy who is accused of felony murder, a capital offense in that state. Case 2 involves an accused murdered whose IQ score is 62. Case 3 involves an individual who raped and murdered a child. Answer the following questions about the report you will craft to summarize these cases.
-For the client in Case 3, the rape of a child is likely to be considered which of the following:

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The rape and murder of a child would likely be considered an aggravating factor for the jury to consider during the capital sentencing phase. The brutality and heinous nature of the crime is likely to push the jury towards imposing the death penalty.

In the Summer After Your First Year at Law School