re: Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death – Democrats Outraged

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I’m against murder, state sponsored or otherwise.

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Justifiable homicide is not murder.

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.

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I'm a firm believer that society would change for the better if we televised death sentences or brought back public hangings

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I get what you're saying, but don't we already have that to some extent? Not public "executions", but people are shamed online and it isn't pretty. We already have modern versions of pillories and public hangings. And with "true crime" tales flourishing online, no I must disagree. Nothing good will come from public executions.

If anything, it might even have the opposite effect. Internet will generate more sympathy for the condemned.

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I'm a firm believer that society would change for the better if we televised death sentences or brought back public hangings

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I mean The history of public executions doesn’t support that.

If anything it desensitized a populace to death.

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Florida To Begin Sentencing Pedophiles to Death

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Is there a punishment law on the books which was not repealed after Kennedy v Louisiana and has just been sitting on the books but deemed unenforceable due to SCOTUS, or must the Florida legislature pass a new law to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

Rosenbergs

I remember back in the 1990s Louisiana sentenced a man (Patrick Kennedy) to death for a violent rape of a four-year-old girl. The courts ruled his sentence as unconstitutional, even though the child required extensive surgery to save her life and who knows whatever sort of psychological intervention.

Maybe ask Jody Plauche if his life has been rewarding or meaningful. Hey I’d love to whack every pedo. But it’s just bad policy as it’s an incentive to murder after the rape. I’m as Old Testament as the rest of you guys, I just think the unintended consequences would be tragic.

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merely because you get off on the spectacle?

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So you are in support of people who take sexual advantage of children? Got it.

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Well that's not true. The Rosenbaums (sp?) were executed for espionage.

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That was federal not state of Florida, right?