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Idaho governor signs into law child sex abuse death penalty bill, despite U.S. Supreme Court ruling
By:
Kyle Pfannenstiel
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March 27, 2025

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill to make people who sexually abuse young children in Idaho eligible for the death penalty.

House Bill 380 will allow the death penalty in a new criminal charge the bill creates: aggravated lewd conduct with children age 12 and younger.

The bill also would add mandatory minimum prison sentences for cases of aggravated lewd conduct with minors that don’t meet the bill’s proposed criteria for death penalty eligibility. The new crime would only apply to abuse of children age 16 and below.

Little signed the bill Wednesday morning, according to the governor’s office legislation tracker. He told the Idaho Capital Sun in a written statement that he signed the bill “because heinous sex crimes against children destroy lives, and the perpetrators deserve the ultimate punishment.”

Little also recently signed a bill into law that will make the Gem State the only state to use firing squads as its main execution method.

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/03/27/idaho-governor-signs-into-law-child-sex-abuse-death-penalty-bill-despite-u-s-supreme-court-ruling/