This is Something to Think About 03.22.23 “Death Penalty for Child Rapist”
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Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”
Air Date Wednesday, March 22, 2023
“Death Penalty for Child Rapist”
The Legislature meeting in session may approve the death penalty for a child rapist.
Two bills are getting traction, SB 1342 and HB 1297, which would revise 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 of child rape.
Only murder rises to the level of the death penalty. Supporters argue that the rape of a child deserves the same punishment.
If passed, the legislation would immediately challenge Kennedy v Louisiana, a U. S. Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty would constitute cruel and unusual punishment in rape cases.
What do you think the penalty for child rape should be?
Bill Bunkley is a 17-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 27 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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