Day: August 1, 2025

AL: Alabama lawmakers want to impose death penalty on child rapists, challenging precedent

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Source: alabamareflector.com 8/1/25 Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, punishable by death, state officials said in a press conference Thursday. Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, one of the bill’s sponsors, said that while it is “unfortunate” that such a bill is “necessary,” the rape of a child is “the worst of the worst of offenses” and therefore “deserves the worst of the worst punishments.” HB 29, sponsored by Simpson in the 2024 legislative session, would have…

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NC: Yet another failed sweep failing to find re-offenses, and arresting for violations

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Source: .wnct.com 8/1/25 Law enforcement officers with the Craven County Sheriff’s Office arrested five suspects recently on sex offense violation charges. ____, 30 year old and of New Bern, was charged with felony failure to report new address and living within 1,000 feet of a school as a sex offender. ______, 47 years old and of New Bern, was charged with felony failure to report sex offender,… Read the full article  

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