# Hypothetical: Man raped, wife and child stabbed, rapist becomes pregnant, faces death penalty

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**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-man-raped-wife-and-child-stabbed-rapist-becomes-pregnant-faces-death-penalty/923355 "2020-10-19T20:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-man-raped-wife-and-child-stabbed-rapist-becomes-pregnant-faces-death-penalty/923355/39 "2020-10-26T16:07:18Z")

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That’s a really good point… if Ms. Moe starts trying to hurt herself that would force the jail to restrain her. Nine months of solitary confinement with physical restraints _while pregnant_… restraining a pregnant woman is usually seen as a violation of human rights… if that isn’t cruel and unusual, I don’t know what is.

The question for me is whether that constitutes punishment, and whether it is justified, given these particular circumstances.

~Max

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