DeSantis Ally Who Supported Death Penalty for Child Abusers Could Face It

DeSantis ally supported death penalty for child abusers. He could now face it.

Michael Caruso, whom DeSantis appointed as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller last year, was arrested last week on sex abuse charges related to a young child. He has been charged with kidnapping, molestation, lewd and lascivious exhibition, luring or enticing a child, and child abuse.

Michael Caruso: Death-Penalty Backer Now Faces Sex Charges

Michael Caruso has landed in an especially grim political full-circle moment: the former Florida Republican legislator who voted for a law allowing the death

DeSantis ally who backed death for child abusers now may face the penalty

Michael Caruso, whom DeSantis appointed as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller, was arrested on sex abuse charges related to a young child.

DeSantis ally who supported death penalty for child abusers could face it

MIAMI — A former Republican state lawmaker and close ally of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of allegations that he sexually battered a child under a controversial law he supported in 2023. But secret grand jury proceedings would have to happen before he’s charged. Under Florida’s rules of criminal procedure, capital criminal charges — those carrying a ...

Republican Who Backed Death Penalty for Child Sex Abusers Now Faces Similar Charges Himself, DeSantis Reacts

Michael Caruso, a former Florida legislator, was arrested on multiple felony charges of child abuse. His arrest raises questions about the vetting process for his appointment by Governor DeSantis.