17 June 2025 :
June 10, 2025 - Florida. Gov. DeSantis signs HB 1283/SB 1804 expanding capital punishment
On June 10 hours before the State executed Anthony Wainwright, Gov. DeSantis signed into law a new law that expands capital punishment to non-homicide child sex trafficking. In talking about the laws he signed at the press conference, he commented on the 2023 legislation he signed for non-homicide sex crimes, stating: “I signed the legislation to reinstitute the death penalty for pedophiles. I think that that’s appropriate when you’re doing this stuff.”
Related to the bill signed Tuesday, DeSantis said it “piggy backs” on the capital sex bill signed in 2023. Rep. Jacques, who sponsored the House bill, was present at the press conference. As TFDP previously discussed, this legislation violates long-standing precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court establishing that it violates the Eighth Amendment to sentence anyone to death for a non-homicide crime.
https://fladeathpenalty.substack.com/p/gov-desantis-further-expands-capital
