by Frank Bergman, Slay News:
Pedophiles now face the death penalty in Florida after new laws came into effect in the state this week.
New legislation to make child rapists face execution for their crimes passed the state’s House and Senate earlier this year, as Slay News reported.
In May, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed the legislation into state law.
The new law came into effect this week.
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The law specifically pertains to child victims under the age of 12.
Higher courts have already said imposing death sentences in these types of cases is a violation of the 8th Amendment.
While some say the law is still a measure of protecting children, others say different.
Florida courts now have a green light to send child rapists to death row.
It was a measure that received bipartisan support as it rose through Tallahassee.
Upon signing it into law, DeSantis said:
“These are really the worst of the worst.
“The perpetrators of these crimes are often serial offenders.”
Not everyone agrees with the new law, however.
Maria DeLiberato, the executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, argues that execution is not the answer.
“Of course, child sexual battery is one of the most horrific crimes that one can think of,” DeLiberato acknowledges.
However, DeLiberato says the trauma doesn’t end there for the victim.
“You’re also dealing with a living victim who would have to be a part of the inevitable decades-long death penalty process,” said DeLiberato.
