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Some GOP-led states seek to bring back death penalty for child rape convictions

Alabama has approved legislation to allow the death penalty for rape and sexual torture of children under 12, despite a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that such sentences violate the Eighth Amendment.
Republican Rep. Matt Simpson said getting the Supreme Court to revisit the issue will require a test case reaching the high court, with enough states passing similar laws.
Five states have passed similar bills in recent years, and Alabama's legislation followed a case of an alleged child sex trafficking ring in which victims as young as 3 were raped and tortured.

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Some GOP-led states seek to bring back death penalty for child rape convictions

A growing number of Republican-led states are seeking to revive the death penalty for child rape. Alabama lawmakers approved legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death.

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