Perpetrators Of Sexual Assault Against Children May Now Face The Death Penalty Under ANewly Passed Bill In Idaho!

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Cousins! Idaho lawmakers have officially passed a series of new bills into Senate for specific sex crimes that involve acts against children younger than 12 years old as well as Artificial Intelligence Generated images of underage children!

“There is a deep, dark, dark side in our culture. And it’s our job to protect the children. There are times when things are so wicked that retribution is appropriate,” says Idaho Republican Rep. and one of House Bill 515 co-authors Bruce Skaug

According to Fox News, HB 515 would allow the revision of Idaho’s current law for, “lewd conduct with a minor” below the age of 16.” As for the newly passed bill, “If the child is under 12, if the act is “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity,” then prosecutors would be able to seek fatal execution.

Republican Rep. Bruce Skaug, revealed that he was against the U.S. Supreme Court 2008 ruling declaring it unconstitutional to apply the death penalty in cases of child rape where the victim survive. He says that they made “the wrong decision.”

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 blocked death penalties for child rape in Kennedy v. Louisiana. Nearly twenty years later, Florida later passed a child rape death penalty law in 2023, reports The Idaho Capital Sun.

The Idaho House passed the bill on a 57-11 vote, as members of Congress argued that the newly proposed bill is unconstitutional.

“My concern is judicious use of taxpayer money. Florida already passed this. It’s obviously in the courts,” argued Rep. Jack Nelsen, R-Jerome, who has been identified as the only Republican against the new bill.

“I see no reason to spend hard-earned Idaho taxpayer’s dollars on a bill that’s a little bit of time and patience, we’ll know what the outcome is.”

“House Bill 515 and any iterations of (it) have already been litigated in our country’s highest court, and found to be unconstitutional. Our lawmakers should exercise a healthy respect for laws, law enforcement, and judicial review. This bill spits on the checks and balances our country was founded on,” De León said.

In a statement to the Idaho Capital Sun, ACLU of Idaho spokesperson Rebecca De León described the bill as being “blatantly and admittedly unconstitutional.”

“House Bill 515 and any iterations of (it) have already been litigated in our country’s highest court, and found to be unconstitutional. Our lawmakers should exercise a healthy respect for laws, law enforcement, and judicial review. This bill spits on the checks and balances our country was founded on.”

House Bill 465 would also cover Idaho’s state law regarding the designing and selling of child pornography including Artificial intelligence-created photographs to illustrate real children.

“This technology is being used to create thousands of images of children across the world and in Idaho,” said cosponsors of the bill and Republican Rep. Dori Healey.

It has been indicated that there are already certain federal regulations in place regarding hyper-realistic sexual images of children. However it hasn’t been tested against AI depictions of children where no child is actually present.

Lawmakers are actively being encouraged to pass official bills into legislation that will specifically address AI-generated pornographic images of children.