TATE, Justice.
The defendant Myers was convicted of aggravated rape, La.R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to death. The single bill of exceptions perfected by him asserts that, as sought to be inflicted here, the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. Louisiana Constitution, Art. 1, Section 12 (1921); U. S. Constitution, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
This contention occurs in the context of the following circumstances, as shown by the record, attached...
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