.GovRonDeSantis signed a bill expanding the Florida death penalty to those convicted of raping children younger than 12. But in Kennedy v. Louisiana, SCOTUS issued a 5-4 ruling prohibiting states from granting the death penalty for the rape of a child.
“In Florida, we stand for the protection of children,” DeSantis said. “And unfortunately in our society, you have very heinous sex crimes that are committed against children under the age of 12 years old.”The Florida Republican signed three"anti-crime" bills into law on Monday in Titusville, Florida.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court justices issued a 5-4 ruling prohibiting states from granting the death penalty for the rape of a child, citing that the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause prohibits the death penalty in cases where the victim did not die. DeSantis said that the perpetrators of these sex crimes against children are typically serial offenders, and through this bill, they can prevent these attacks through punishment.
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