Idaho Legislature introduces bill to allow death penalty for lewd conduct with minor under 12
The Idaho Legislature’s House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee introduced a new bill last week that would allow the state to seek the death penalty for a person convicted of lewd conduct with a minor under 12.
Rep. Josh Tanner, a Republican from Eagle, is sponsoring the new bill with the committee’s chairman, Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa.
If passed into law, the new bill would amend two sections of existing Idaho law to allow a sentence of capital punishment for a person convicted of lewd conduct with a minor under 12 if there are aggravating circumstances. Existing law allows for a death sentence for first-degree murder convictions.
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