
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced several legislative proposals that will likely appeal to a lot of conservative parents. Of particular note are the proposals relating to penalties for crimes committed against children. He called for a lifetime prison sentence for drug dealers peddling fentanyl to children. This has become a major issue with the new rainbow fentanyl pills that are intentionally made to look like candy, which is designed to entice children. He also proposed a minimum life sentence for child rapists, with the possibility of the death penalty. Speaking of the death penalty, he suggested the requirement for the death penalty be changed from a unanimous jury vote to a supermajority jury vote.
Florida @GovRonDeSantis new legislative proposals are incredible
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 26, 2023
-Life in prison for child rapists w/possibility of death penalty
-Death penalty with supermajority of jury votes, not unanimous
-Life in prison for fentanyl dealers that target children
https://t.co/u3T0Bt4sLj
This is exactly what conservative parents have been waiting for in this lawless society that is targeting our children on every side.
In Florida, we are taking steps to preserve law & order by enhancing accountability for criminals, combatting human smuggling and protecting Floridians from fentanyl. pic.twitter.com/PynRY1dRc0
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 26, 2023
DeSantis announces harsher penalties for fentanyl. It will now be "a first-degree felony to possess, sell, or manufacture fentanyl or other controlled substances to look like candy."
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) January 26, 2023
Those targeting children w/ fentanyl will get a mandatory life sentence and $1 million penalty. pic.twitter.com/CFsgrbBKi9
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I applaud him for all of this, except changing the death penalty rule. Making it easier to sentence someone to death is, in my opinion, not a good idea. I am not opposed to the death penalty, but because there is no way to redress someone who is wrongfully executed, we need to keep it difficult (for lack of a better word) to sentence someone to death, simply to make it as certain as humanly possible that only those who truly deserve such a penalty actually get that penalty.
I agree with you, but there is the problem of the people who will always vote against it. There could be a guy that rapes and murders 37 children, records it, looks right at the 8k camera and says, “my name is Tom Q. Vaxy and my Social Security number is 123-45-6789,” and there would still be people that never vote for the death penalty.