TURNER: Child Rape Death Penalty Measure Moves to Governor

TURNER: Child rape death penalty measure moves to governor

A bill that would give prosecutors the discretion to seek the death penalty on a first conviction for child rape is moving to the governor after final passage in the Senate this week.

In response to a netizen's call on the "Public Policy Online Participation Platform" that "those who abuse children to the point of disability will have their sentences increased to life imprisonment; those who abuse children to death will be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. No one in any child abuse or sexual assault case will be eligible for parole," the Ministry of Justice responded that it respects the proposed legislative amendment …