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Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape

Alabama lawmakers advanced a bill allowing the death penalty for child rapists, aiming to prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its ban on such punishment.
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill, which would apply to those convicted of rape or sodomy of a child under 12.
Republican Rep. Matt Simpson, the bill's sponsor, stated that harsher punishments are warranted for severe offenses, emphasizing the lifelong impact on victims.
Opponents, like Rep. Phillip Ensler, expressed moral concerns and fiscal responsibility, questioning the need for new capital punishment legislation amid declining death penalty usage.

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WAAY-TV

Alabama bill could bring the death penalty into child rape cases

A bill in the Alabama Legislature could soon make first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12 punishable by death.

8 days ago·Huntsville, United States

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Lawmakers consider mandatory death penalty

A similar requirement was ruled unconstitutional in 1976.

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Alabama Political Reporter

Unemployment changes, death penalty for child rape pass the House

The Alabama House on Tuesday passed legislation that added requirements for unemployment compensation, imposed the death penalty on anyone convicted of raping a child under the age of 12 and that mandated that parents had to be consulted for school children to receive vaccinations. The most controversial of those was Rep. Ed Oliver’s bill, which, among other things, requires that anyone seeking continued unemployment benefits make at least five…

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Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans hope to entice the U.S. Supreme Court

10 days ago·United States

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alabamareflector.com

Alabama House passes bill expanding death penalty to child sexual assault • Alabama Reflector

Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, stands on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Feb. 8, 2024 in Montgomery, Alabama. Simpson is the sponsor of HB 49, which would expand the death penalty to include offenses of rape and sodomy of children. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill expanding offenses punishable by the death penalty to sexual assault of minors. HB 49, sponsored by Rep. Ma…

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Alabama Live

Raping a child in Alabama punishable by death under bill that advances to Senate

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans hope to entice the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the decision banning capital punishment for such crimes.

10 days ago·Alabama, United States

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