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

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.

Lawmakers consider mandatory death penalty

A similar requirement was ruled unconstitutional in 1976.

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…

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

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…

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.