Idaho Expands Death Penalty to Child Predators
The state of Idaho recently passed a bill that was signed into law that would expand the death penalty to pedophiles if the crimes involving lewd conduct to a child under the age of 12 are proven in a trial. In the past two years, both Tennessee and Florida have passed death penalty laws involving child rape cases.
Legal challenges are expected as the US Supreme Court ruled out the death sentence for child rape in a 5-4 decision in 2008. The justices concluded that it was “not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child” and that it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment
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https://needtoknow.news/2025/05/idaho-expands-death-penalty-to-child-predators/
https://www.deseret.com/the-west/2025/04/02/idaho-expands-death-penalty-to-pedophile-firing-squad/