Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Authorizing Death Penalty For Child Rapists
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Authorizing Death Penalty For Child Rapists Trevor Schakohl on May 1, 2023 Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed new legislation Monday to allow the execution of child rapists in his state, setting up a potential U.S. Supreme Court battle. The new law permits capital punishment for those who commit sexual battery against children under 12 years old, intentionally challenging the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 Kennedy v. Louisiana decision in 2008 that prohibited the death penalty in such cases when the victim survived. DeSantis argued Monday that the court’s ruling was wrong. “We think that in the worst of