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Alabama capital rape law dies quietly

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

One of  the first people who ever subscribed to the Weekly, Steve Noles, reports a favorable legislative win out of Alabama.  From email: The Alabama Legislature finished its annual session at midnight on May 19, 2008. Among the bills dying at that hour was H.B. 456, sponsored by Rep. Jeremy Oden (R.-Vinemont). The bill would have made repeat offenses of first degree rape, sodomy, or sexual abuse a capital crime where the victim was under the age of 12. The bill was notable for knotty technical deficiencies (e.g., rape for pecuniary gain as an aggravator; victim under 12 as both the capital-eligible circumstance and an aggravator; no amendment of the weighing and other procedural sections), and was referred to the Judiciary Committee, from whence it never emerged...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).