A new kind of death penalty Sex offender registries and juvenile offenders written by libby larro, l’26 despite the supreme court precedent and overwhelming scientific evidence that tells us that children are fundamentally different from adults, our criminal legal system continues to treat children prosecuted for sexual offenses as adults. The 'no repeat child sex offenders act' is broader bill that will also require judges to impose death or life in prison for people convicted of child sex trafficking. Ron desantis signed a bill monday allowing for the death penalty for child rapists, setting up a potential supreme court challenge. If you are raping someone, if you're molesting someone, you are. The new law, which took effect wednesday, makes florida the first state to allow the death penalty for child sex trafficking cases where the victim is under 12.
Anyone convicted of forcible anal or oral sodomy, rape or rape by instrumentation of a child under 14 years of age shall now be eligible for punishment by death or by imprisonment for life without parole upon first offense Turner said 28% of children are sexually victimized, with those age 7 to 13 being the most vulnerable.
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