Ivey Signs Child Predator Death Penalty Act Into Law

Ivey signs Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law

CONTRIBUTED BY OFFICE OF GOV. IVEY ALABAMA — Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act last week. One of the governor’s top priorities this legislative session, the new law provides the strongest legal protection for Alabama’s children from child predators. “For too long, the most vulnerable of our society have lacked the most stringent legal protection from child predators,” Ivey said. “Through the Child Predator Death Penalty A…

Alabama gov signs law allowing death penalty for child predators

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation to allow the death penalty for certain sexual crimes committed against young children, creating one of the strongest penalties in the country for such criminals. The Child Predator Death Penalty Act makes first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual assault of a child under age 12 capital offenses punishable by death. Ivey said the state must take stronger action to protect its young…