In the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that capital punishment for rape but not murder of a ______________ violates the Eighth Amendment's mandate for proportionality in sentencing.

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The Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Louisiana ruled that imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child, where the crime did not result in the child's death, violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment due to a lack of proportionality.

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