Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in January as part of his “law and order” agenda for the 2023 session that he wanted capital punishment for anyone who sexually assaults a child. That’s despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the U.S. Constitution bars the death penalty for child rape.
Two bills proposed to the Florida Legislature in the past week would undo cautionary steps taken by Miami-Dade County ahead of its 2024 election of a sheriff.
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