Overview
- The Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act would add capital punishment to Title 18 for aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a minor, and abusive sexual contact involving children.
- The bill would also amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to authorize the death penalty for the rape of a child.
- Mace cast the proposal as accountability for child predators and linked it to her push for transparency around Jeffrey Epstein’s network.
- The federal push parallels new statutes in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee that authorize death for certain child rape convictions despite current Supreme Court limits.
- Passage would likely trigger immediate legal challenges, and it is not yet clear whether House GOP leaders back the bill or whether a Senate companion will appear.