The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that would have allowed the execution of someone convicted of raping a child.
The court said the Louisiana law would have violated the US constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment".
"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority opinion.
The justices voted 5-4 in favour of striking down the law.
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(BBC)
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