General Facts: A twelve year old child was brutally raped. The child did not die

General Facts: A twelve year old child was brutally raped. The child did not die. After a presentation of facts, where the victim testified at trial, the defendant was found guilty of First Degree Rape. Louisiana state law allows a person who is convicted of first degree rape where the victim is thirteen years of age or younger eligible for a death penalty sentence. Under these general facts, do you believe the death penalty is appropriate?
Consider the following: Decisions made by the Supreme Court, secondary sources, perhaps secondary sources from other disciplines, etc. For the purposes of your arguments, the fact that Louisiana has a statute that allows the death penalty in this scenario should not be enough to justify the death penalty. In other words, you are free to argue that despite the legislature’s statute, the death penalty is not appropriate. Or you can argue that this statute is warranted. Quite simply, answer these two questions: 1.) should the death penalty be applied in this case? and 2.) why or why not?
Good papers will include secondary sources and will be free of typographical errors. Include a works cited page as well. There is no page limit to your response. Do not plagiarize. Finally, if you find prior rulings by the Supreme Court that involved similar facts, it is not enough to simply regurgitate their reasons as your own arguments. Supreme Court justices can be wrong. I want to know what YOU think.