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Oklahoma Legislation

By Steve Hall

"Okla. panel OKs death sentence for child rapists," is the title of an AP report by Sean Murphy, via the Alva Review.Repeat sex offenders convicted of raping a child 6 years old or younger would be eligible for the death penalty under a bill approved Monday by a House committee, despite a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a similar law was unconstitutional.The bill by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, was among a host of measures overwhelmingly approved by the House Judiciary Committee that either create new felony crimes or enhance existing criminal penalties.Duncan, a former prosecutor who chairs the committee, said he believes the Supreme Court erred in its decision and that his proposed law could be upheld by the new members of the court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).