The Florida state legislature is moving forward with legislation that will increase the use of the deἀth sentence there. A bill that would allow someone convicted of raping a child under the age of 12 to be executed on deἀth row was approved by the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday(18 April).
During the committee hearing, Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, a former victim of child s*xual abuse, spoke movingly about how she still struggles daily with the pain she endured years ago.
“A victim has no statute of limitations against them. Children are given a life sentence in this situation. In this law, we’re referring to the newest of the young. I was one of those children,” Book admitted.
The rules committee unanimously approved the bill. The entire Senate will now consider it. In opposition to the bill, Aaron Wayt of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers stated, “I too was a victim of child s*xual battery.”
Justice, not retaliation, must be the focus of courtroom proceedings. If the bill were to pass, a lawsuit would undoubtedly result. The U.S. Supreme Court declared 5-4 in 2008 that states may not use the deἀth penalty for raping a child when there was no homicide involved in the offense.
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According to Maria DeLiberato, Executive Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Deἀth Penalty, “This law, if it passes, will have to be found unconstitutional by our own Florida supreme court, whether they want to or not.”
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