The Eighth Amendment barred Louisiana from imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child where the crime did not result, and was not intended to result, in the victim's death.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) that imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child, where the crime did not result in the death of the victim and was not intended to result in the death of the victim, is unconstitutional as it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

The Eighth Amendment Barred Louisiana from Imposing the Death Penalty