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Missouri Governor Matt Blunt is pushing his Jessica's Law proposal that would provide a death penalty option for non-homicidal child rape. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has, "Blunt: Child rapists deserve death penalty." Emphasizing that the most heinous crimes deserve the harshest penalty, Gov. Matt Blunt said today that child rapists should be eligible for the death penalty under Missouri law. The governor, speaking at an afternoon news conference outside the St. Louis County courthouse, urged the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation that would add the sentence of death to forcible rape and forcible sodomy cases when the victim is younger than 12 years old. MissouriNet.com has, "Governor to tour state to call for death penalty for sexual offenders who attack children...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).