Potato-Headed I-DUH-HO State Rep. Josh Tanner |
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Idaho bill to extend death penalty unconstitutional, aims for US Supreme Court review
BY KEVIN FIXLER
UPDATED FEBRUARY 13, 2024 4:30 PM
Sentencing a person to death for non-fatal sexual offenses against a child is “flatly unconstitutional” under existing interpretations of the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, said Robert Dunham, a Philadelphia-based attorney with more than 30 years of experience studying the death penalty. Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are beginning to promulgate such bills in a direct call for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its past rulings, he said...
The Idaho bill mirrors a law that took effect in Florida last year, when the governor sought to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s prior precedent. The first defendant to face the prospect of the new law reached a plea deal in exchange for life in prison without the chance of parole.
“Idaho needs to be like Florida and lead out in this and go, ‘We’re here to protect these kids,’ ” (Idaho State Rep. Josh) Tanner said Tuesday from the House floor. “At some point in time, we have to be able to say, ‘No, enough is enough,’ with … the most severe ones.”
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