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Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death – Democrats Outraged

Posted on 1/28/23 at 6:49 pm
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 1/28/23 at 6:49 pm
News Punch

They said the Constitution does not allow capital punishment for anything short of a homicide,” DeSantis began, referencing a Supreme Court from a decade ago.

“The problem with that you have some of these sex predators that will abuse these very very young children, do it habitually, and I’m just thinking to myself, you’re ruining those kids’ lives– those are innocent kids.”

DeSantis went on to suggest that the current Supreme Court would “not uphold” the previous ruling, thus his administration would begin “exploring ways to facilitate” capital punishment for such criminals, a proposition that was met with a round of applause from those in attendance.

“We understand it’ll be a challenge,” he continued, “but I think it’s ripe for us to challenge a decision that wasn’t well thought out.”

“What we know we can do regardless of how the Supreme Court stuff shakes out, is we do wanna ensure that the minimum sentence for these predators who are raping these young kids, that they do at least get life in prison because they will re-offend if you put them back on the streets.”

“These people don’t care,” DeSantis said of child sex criminals, referring to them as “the worst of the worst.”

“They are unrepentant, they don’t care about these children; they will do whatever they can do to satiate themselves at the expense of very very vulnerable people.”

Florida currently has some of the strictest punishments and restrictions for sex offenders in the nation, with the latest announcement proof that DeSantis is prepared to take things to the next level.
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18634 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 6:51 pm to
Well that’s a good start.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29542 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 6:52 pm to
quote:

They said the Constitution does not allow capital punishment for anything short of a homicide,”



Well that's not true. The Rosenbaums (sp?) were executed for espionage.
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
30191 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:05 pm to
I’m opposed to the death penalty but if if I wasn’t I’d have no problem making child molesters eligible for it.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
79555 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:14 pm to
I’ve always opposed this for one reason. It basically incentivizes the pedo to kill the victim. That’s why I would reserve it for murder. I don’t want to give them a reason to murder their victims to ensure silence.
Posted by Junky
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2005
8423 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:15 pm to
Not lethal injection, hanging only
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68761 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:17 pm to
Kennedy v Louisiana will make those plans a pipedream
Posted by CAPEX
Member since Dec 2022
865 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:22 pm to
Uh.. I've got no problem with the death penalty.

Just that it's going to be a slippery slope if we start executing people for more and more crimes.

It's pedophilia now (which is obviously egregious) but then it becomes theft and then other crimes etc.

Plus, I guarantee that innocent people will be killed because of this.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
8317 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:27 pm to
Groomers won’t like this
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
18278 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:37 pm to
Florida hasn't executed anyone in 3.5 years, and has had countless death sentences overturned in that period. This definitely isn't gonna expedite the process resuming. If it's heinous enough to be a capital offense, not sorry you get the penalty... but I recognize where scotus and our state supreme Court are going with the DP.
Posted by Hennigan
Member since Jan 2020
995 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 7:52 pm to
It's really a bullshite, living document S.C. decision. States executed people for all sorts of things up until recently. I know GA for armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, and a few others.
Posted by Dex Morgan
Member since Nov 2022
1457 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:02 pm to
Awesome. So long as it is applied equally to women. For some reason many conservatives get all butthurt when a woman gets the death penalty.
Posted by NineLineBind
LA....no, the other one
Member since May 2020
7056 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:08 pm to
And the term "groomer" just took on even more meaning.
Talk about a shot across the bow of the modern left.
Posted by BuzzSaw 12
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Member since Dec 2010
5328 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:20 pm to
Desantis shouldn't have any problem finding these freaks hanging around Disney or South Beach. Both are target rich areas. Time to fire up ol' sparky.

Posted by Da Sheik
Trump Tower
Member since Sep 2007
7994 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:20 pm to
I noticed that no progressive filth downvoted
Posted by Templar Knight
Member since Oct 2022
42 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:30 pm to
The Disney pedos are going to claim some BS about this being anti gay again.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80549 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:51 pm to
I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most egregious of crimes ... I think that the rape of a small child, six or eight years old, is a heinous crime and if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances the death penalty is at least potentially applicable, that that does not violate our Constitution.

Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
6283 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 8:53 pm to
I love Ron.
But, gotta disagree.
It's easy for a guy to get unjustly convicted of pedo shite.
Could be a vindictive ex coaching the kid to say shite.

It's just issues waiting to happen.

FYI, frick pedos.
It's just the risk of unjust conviction too high.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67143 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:12 pm to
Sheriff Grady Judd be like
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 1/28/23 at 9:15 pm to
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Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death
The OP reads like Florida is about to start imposing these sentences on Monday.

Is there a punishment law on the books which was not repealed after Kennedy v Louisiana and has just been sitting on the books but deemed unenforceable due to SCOTUS, or must the Florida legislature pass a new law to accomplish this end?

If the latter, is there any indication as to whether legislature would be willing to pass such a law … or is DeSantis just blowing smoke at this point? Big GOP majority in the House, but only eight seats in the Senate. Would there be any defections?

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Here is a much better article regarding this development.

First, he is only encouraging the legislature to pass a new statute. There is not currently one on the books.

Second, he is also proposing a change in the rules regarding imposition of the death penalty in all cases. In particular, once convicted unanimously, he is proposing that less than unanimous consent of the jury be required in order to impose the death penalty.
This post was edited on 1/28/23 at 9:51 pm
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