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Alabama lawmakers want to impose death penalty on child rapists, challenging precedent
Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, punishable by death, state officials said in a press conference Thursday. Rep. Matt Simpson,
2 Alabama lawmakers push for death penalty against child rapists for certain sex-related crimes against children
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WBRC) - Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver and Representative Matt Simpson say the horrific investigation into a sex trafficking ring involving children in Bibb County shows the need for stronger punishment.
Alabama lawmakers push to make child sex abuse death penalty-eligible
Their legislation, originally sponsored in the Alabama House in the 2025 regular session, would have given prosecutors authority to seek the death penalty for convictions involving the rape or sodomy of victims 12-years-old or younger.
Alabama lawmakers want the death penalty for child sex crimes
Lawmakers announced a proposed bill Thursday that would allow the death penalty to be given to criminals who commit rape or sodomy of children under the age of twelve. This comes as an investigation is underway for a sex trafficking ring discovered in Bibb County.
Bibb County bunker case drives Alabama lawmakers pushing child rape death penalty: ‘A special place in hell’
Shocking reports of sex crimes against children in Bibb County have sparked a renewed push to change Alabama law to impose the death penalty on people convicted of such crimes. Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade joined lawmakers and Attorney General Steve Marshall at a State House news conference Thursday to promote the bill by Rep.
Alabama A.G. discusses bill to extend death penalty to child sex crimes
Attorney General Steve Marshall believes adding the death penalty to severe acts against children could help prevent the crimes from happening.
Alabama lawmakers discuss changing state's death penalty after Bibb County investigation
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Death penalty defenders ask Pa. Supreme Court to rein in Washington County DA

A group of lawyers who defend people facing capital punishment has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to take extraordinary ...

Victims' family waits for outcome in Nashville death penalty case: 'God has a plan’

After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.

Prefiled house bill looks to expand death penalty-eligible cases

Rep. Matt Simpson (R-District 96) has prefiled House Bill 20, which calls for an expansion of possible capital punishment ...
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Capital punishment is in decline - National Catholic Reporter

The numbers: Capital punishment in the United States is on life support, hanging on in the 2 percent of counties that administer more than half of all executions.
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Capital Punishment Is the Most Unusual It’s Ever Been

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...
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Death Penalty Repeal: It's Necessary to Use Capital Punishment In ... - Mic

One of the most frequently used counterclaims against capital punishment is the exorbitant cost put on society. It is true that the cost of putting someone to death in the United States is three ...
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Bill Moyers Journal . Capital Punishment in Perspective | PBS

Capital Punishment in History Capital punishment dates to ancient times — it is mentioned in one of the oldest existing set of laws, the Code of Hammurabi, dating from around 1750 B.C.
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Devil's Den capital murder suspect could face the death penalty if convicted

Andrew James McGann could be eligible for the death penalty if convicted of killing Clinton and Cristen Brink while they were ...
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Capital punishment for Chinese celebrity Zhang Yiyang

Channel News Asia reported in mid-2025 that the Chinese government had confirmed the execution of the Chinese celebrity Zhang ...