Death Penalty for Pedophiles

CS/CS/HB 1297: Capital Sexual Battery
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Baker ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bankson ; Black ; Holcomb ; Jacques ; Plakon ; Temple ; Yarkosky

Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.

Effective Date: 10/1/2023
Last Action: 4/13/2023 Senate - In Messages

CS/CS/SB 1342: Capital Sexual Battery
GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Criminal Justice ; Martin ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Book

Capital Sexual Battery; Revising how certain capital felonies are punished; requiring a court to conduct a separate sentencing proceeding to determine whether a defendant should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole upon the defendant’s conviction or adjudication of guilt for a capital felony; requiring a recommendation to the court of a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if fewer than eight jurors determine that the defendant should be sentenced to death; requiring the court to impose the jury’s recommended sentence if the recommendation is for a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2023

Last Action: 4/13/2023 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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