Comments on: DeSantis proposes death penalty for certain sex crimes

By: David

David — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:48:00 +0000

We have to understand here that DeSantis has a child like mentally. This is clearly evidenced by his ongoing battle with Disney. If he doesn’t get his way or is embarrassed publicly he behaves like a spoiled brat! He has a my way or highway attitude!

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By: Joe123

Joe123 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:49:06 +0000

Imbeciles, they should be focused on the Violent crime epidemic, the hatred towards one another in this country and the mental fragility of people that leads them to shoot up schools and at every other possibly venue.

Of course those are REAL PROBLEMS, so these political Imbeciles don’t have the interest on solving real problems.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:33:38 +0000

In reply to RM. DeSantis says he knows this and would like to return this issue to SCOTUS.

By: RM

RM — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:51:44 +0000

I should also have pointed out that sexual battery against a child under 12 is already a capital felony in Florida per F.S. sec. 794.011(2)(a), with the only possible punishments on the books being death or life without parole. So, what change is DeSantis actually proposing? Doesn’t he already know that the rape of a child is a capital offense in Florida? His so-called proposal is already the law in Florida.

By: Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:22:16 +0000

I just want to draw attention to scams. Apparently this one is a little more complex. Also add QR codes to the items that should be red flags when a person calls with a “warrant”
https://www.appenmedia.com/public_safety/phone-scammer-targets-registered-sex-offender/article_4bd029b8-a3fb-11ed-9142-af0b9eb3d86f.html

By: RM

RM — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:00:58 +0000

In Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008), the United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment for the rape of a child where the offender had no intent to kill the victim. DeSantis has a law degree from an Ivy League university so he is surely aware of this, which means that he is advocating for a law he knows is unconstitutional. Didn’t he take an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution? How can you preserve the Constitution when you are advocating for a law that you know violates it?

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:38:21 +0000

This is nothing more than grandstanding on the national stage for the coverage and polishing his conservative credentials.

I have no personal issue with the death penalty for capital murder but it is not worth the cost. It does not deter crime at all any more than gun laws keep guns out the the hands f criminals. Sentence someone to live in prison without possibility of parole and any appeal filed is at the cost of the inmate. Sentence that same person to death and the State gets the pleasure of paying for appeals. On average it costs around $1M more for a death row inmate than one in prison for life.

By: RayO

RayO — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:29:50 +0000

The statutory ‘rape’ of a 17 yr old, by a 19 yr old, is the ‘rape of a child’.

By: Bwj

Bwj — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:15:14 +0000

I was never a believer in the death penalty. I find it vengeful rather than punitive Or a deterrent. I’d fear that if this becomes law then it is only a matter of time before someone expands the crimes punishable by death to include all sex crimes.

By: TS

TS — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:15:48 +0000

He didn’t get it from AL, but his time as a navy JAG where in the UCMJ, unless it is a capital case, e.g., murder, only 75% today (used to be 67%) of the votes are needed to convict. It has always been less than unanimous in the UCMJ. AL just got on board with it.