07 May 2025 :
April 28, 2025 - Oklahoma. SB 599. House passes bill making death penalty an option for first-time child rapists. A bill that would make the death penalty or life without parole a possible punishment for 1st-time convictions of child sex abuse has passed the Oklahoma House 80-8, with bipartisan support. Current state law allows those convicted of certain sex crimes against children under 14 to be sentenced to death or life without parole—but only after a second offense. The Senate passed the bill on April 3. The bill now goes to Governor Kevin Stitt.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/recent-legislative-activity?x-craft-preview=831701e36f517898fa2c995d39b64104e8e6101af83d78e05826cdbb99a12b6dzgldbijsmv
https://legiscan.com/OK/votes/SB599/2025
