Florida hopes to make one of its laws a test case for U.S. Supreme Court (Law in question allows death penalty for rapists of minors under 12)

Lazaro Aleman news@greenepublishing.com Beginning with a House bill that passed and was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in 2023, Florida has been angling to have the U.S. Supreme Court revisit a 2008 decision that largely limits capital punishment to homicide offenses. Considered a landmark legislation, House Bill 1297 amended Florida law governing capital felonies to allow judges to impose the death penalty in cases involving aggravated sexual battery of a child under 12, even if th