A New Law Executing Child Rapists Has Gone Into Effect

Katie Pavlich / Townhall Tipsheet

 

A new law implementing the death penalty for child rapists, which was signed by Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis earlier this year, has officially gone into effect in the Sunshine State. 

"Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, a Davie Democrat who was sexually abused as a child, implored senators Tuesday evening to vote for the bill. She said people who sexually abuse children are "called predators for a reason, because they stalk and hunt down their prey."

"There is no statute of limitations on this crime (for victims)," Book said. "There is no end. It's always with you."

DeSantis also signed additional legislation over the summer implementing harsher punishments for sex offenders and violent criminals.

“There is no meaningful difference between a criminal that committed a crime of sexual violence and a criminal that attempted but failed to commit that same crime — neither deserve to have their sentences cut short,” DeSantis said at the time. Read more and see Xs here.