Ron DeSantis says death is the only 'appropriate' punishment for predators who rape 'six and seven-year-old kids': Florida Governor pushes bill to make child sex rapes capital offenses
Daily Mail
April 17, 2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is push a tough on crime agenda with his support for two bills in his state legislature, including one that would challenge the U.S. Supreme Court.
DeSantis is backing a bill that would authorize the death penalty for child rapists. Under the legislation, a jury - by a vote of at least 8-4 - can recommend a death sentence for sexual battery on a child under age 12.
'We are authorizing the death penalty for child rapists,' DeSantis said Monday morning during an interview with an Orlando radio state. 'My view is you have some of these people that will be serial rapists of six, seven-year-old kids. I think the death penalty is the only appropriate punishment when you have situations like that.'
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The UCMJ still allows for the execution of child rapists, but as far as I know there has been no attempt to actually USE the penalty since the SCOTUS ruling.
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