Sent_en: 2zh In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court overturned the death penalty for Patrick Kennedy, convicted of raping a child, saying it is not proportional to the crime and that it violates the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, and thereby setting a precedent.
Sent_yy: 美国最高法院以5比4的投票结果推翻了对强奸儿童的帕特里克·肯尼迪的死刑判决，称其与罪行不成比例，违反了宪法对残忍和非常规惩罚的禁令，从而开创了先例。