A bill in the Alabama Legislature could soon make first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12 punishable by death.

HB49, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, stated that a person age 18 or older could face death or life imprisonment if ...

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The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

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The legislation would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those convicted of rape and sodomy in the first degree when the victim is younger than 12.

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Alabama leaders, however, say they are doing what the voters want and are confident the laws will be upheld by the courts.