Posted on 04/17/2023 1:42:22 PM PDT by Morgana
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a tough-on-crime agenda ahead of an expected presidential bid with his support for two bills in the 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.'
DeSantis is touting his crime credentials - a message Republicans found effective in the 2022 midterm election - with his support for a series of bills in the state Capitol.
The Florida governor has slammed Democratic 'soft-on-crime' policies and 'woke ideology' in other states as he pushes his own vision for America.
His crackdown comes ahead of an expected announcement he's running for president
He told the Orlando radio station that he thinks the current high court would hear a challenge to the older ruling on the death penalty for child rape. Many of the justices that made that ruling are no longer on the bench,
'I think we're right at the law and I think that its current court would consider a challenge to that,' he said.
He's also pushing a second death penalty measure that would remove the requirement that only a unanimous jury can issue the death penalty.
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Aside from the fact that child rapists would now have vastly increased incentive to murder their victims this would never fly constitutionally. Its just a classic feel good rather than doing good political stunt.
It does seem like a political stunt. And it would also be a huge cash cow for a lot of parties involved in the legal system, and be “another exhibit” of how “extreme” the GOP is. Plus, all the exonerations likely to occur, and the weight on young victims of these cases being death penalty cases. Some might not want to cooperate, particularly in a case where the rapist is a mother’s boyfriend.
Child rapists are in for eternal punishment.
While this may sound great. I was wondering what it the penalty for murdering the same child. Is that a capital offense?
He is making sense again.
After taking a seat on Old Sparky, the offender never rapes another child.
So what do you do about vengeful ex-wives who manipulate their children into believing this, and the “counselors” who help them along?
If we are going to do this, then those accused who are facing the deatb penalty need every defense protection allowed in the constitution, which is not the case currently.
There are lots more panicked child molestors grifting for funds to leave Florida.
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Why not all rape?
Should apply to baby killers and child mutilators also.
If RD manages to have that become the law in Florida, I’ll be willing to crawl over broken glass to vote for him.
the entire left coast is about to go all out against parents’ rights.
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So in my view any parent who remains in those States should be considered complicit in the crime of of child abuse!
A very little bit of research reveals that “While in the act of committing aggravated child abuse” is one of many aggravating factors that, in Florida, raises murder to a death penalty crime.
“They want to kill us!”- The homosexual lobby.
I agree with DeSantis.
What happens when an 11 year old rapes another 11 year old?
Good point. Between this and DeSantis’s tough talk on Disney, it sounds like DeSantis is just throwing some red meat out there before announcing his presidential run. Six months from now, when both endeavors have fizzled out, he’s hoping it won’t matter. As long as it’s enough to give him some initial momentum, that’s likely all he cares about.
I don’t believe that quick murder is considered child abuse in the legal sense.
OK. From wiki (ahahahaha) here are the “aggravating factors” that make murder a death penalty offense:
It was committed by a person previously convicted of a felony and under sentence of imprisonment, placed on community control, or on felony probation.
The defendant was previously convicted of another capital felony or of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person.
The defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons.
It was committed while the defendant was engaged, or was an accomplice, in the commission of, or an attempt to commit a specified felony (such as aggravated child abuse, arson, kidnapping, placing or discharging of a destructive device or bomb).
It was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape from custody.
It was committed for pecuniary [financial] gain.
It was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the enforcement of laws.
It was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.
It was committed in a cold, calculated, and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.
The victim was a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his or her official duties.
The victim was an elected or appointed public official engaged in the performance of his or her official duties if the motive for the capital felony was related, in whole or in part, to the victim’s official capacity.
The victim was a person less than 12 years of age.
The victim was particularly vulnerable due to advanced age or disability, or because the defendant stood in a position of familial or custodial authority over the victim.
It was committed by a criminal gang member.
It was committed by a person currently or formerly designated as a sexual predator.
It was committed by a person subject to a restrictive order or a foreign protection order, and was committed against the person who obtained the injunction or protection order or any spouse, child, sibling, or parent of this person.
I see “victim under 12 years of age” ... so that should cover it.
SCOTUS can blow dead goats on this one. Execution is an appropriate penalty for first degree rape and any degree child rape. JMO.
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