Florida lawmakers approved two bills this week that would allow for the execution of child rapists.

The Florida House passed HB1297, a bill that allows for the death penalty for rapists of children under the age of 12 without jury unanimity, by a 95-14 vote on late Thursday.

The proposed measure, sponsored by Rep. Jessica Baker, R – Fl.,  would require the vote of only 8 jurors out of 12 in order to approve capital punishment for people who commit sexual battery on children.

If fewer than eight jurors recommend the death penalty, defendants would be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

The Senate is slated to vote on its version of the bill, SB 1342, on Tuesday.

The legislation would change the precedent that requires unanimous verdicts for executions and would make Florida the fourth state to not require jury unanimity.

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The proposed measures follow longstanding US Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court rulings that outlaw the execution of defendants in rape cases, including a 2008 US Supreme Court decision in a Louisana case.

Rep. Baker said she hopes the bill will provoke the US Supreme Court to reconsider its stance on the issue and permit the execution of defendants found guilty of child rape.

“The rape of a child is a deliberate, methodical act,” she said. “It doesn’t happen accidentally.”

Sen. Lauren Book, a survivor of child sexual assault, detailed her struggle with the trauma she endured decades ago during a passionate speech during Thursday’s committee hearing.

“There is no statute of limitations that a victim suffers. This is a life sentence that is handed down to young children,” Book said. “We’re talking about the youngest of the young in this bill. I was one of those kids.”

The measure is headed now headed to the full Senate.

Florida will have the lowest death penalty threshold in the nation upon Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature of the legislation.

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Joe Biden’s former Department of Energy employee Sam Brinton this week pleaded no contest to misdemeanor theft for stealing luggage from a Las Vegas airport.

Sam Brinton was originally charged with a felony but his charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and he will avoid jail time under a plea deal with prosecutors.

Brinton received a ‘suspended jail sentence’ of 180 days and ordered to pay $3,670 to the victim.

Fox 5 reported:

A former Department of Energy official pleaded no contest Tuesday to stealing luggage from Harry Reid International Airport last July, according to court records.

Samuel Brinton was serving as a deputy assistant secretary at the DOE at the time when the theft occurred July 6, 2022.

A warrant was issued for Brinton, who was arrested Dec. 8.

On Tuesday, Brinton was sentenced to pay $3,670.74 in restitution for the stolen luggage and clothes, and given 180 days suspended jail term.

Brinton has since been fired.

Sam Brinton was previously arrested for stealing women’s luggage at two different airports.

Brinton, a gender fluid ‘pup handler,’ was charged with felony theft for stealing a woman’s luggage in November at MSP airport in Minnesota.

Sam Brinton was also accused of stealing luggage from a Las Vegas airport.

Sam Brinton caught stealing luggage at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas

The case against Brinton in Minneapolis is still active.

The case against Brinton in Texas is also still ongoing.

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