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Senate adopts bill creating aggravated lewd-conduct offenses; death penalty possible for the worst cases
Summary
After extended debate on policy and constitutional grounds, the Senate passed House Bill 3 80 to add aggravated-lewd-conduct offenses for crimes against children and to create mandatory minimum sentences and, in the most extreme cases, allow life or death sentencing. Final vote: 30–5 in favor.
The Idaho Senate on March 24 passed House Bill 3 80, legislation that creates new aggravated offenses for lewd conduct against minors and establishes mandatory minimums and, under specified aggravating factors, life or death sentencing for the most serious cases.
Sponsor Senator Ricks told colleagues the bill was drafted by Idaho prosecutors to address “crimes against innocent children that are quite frankly too horrific to mention in debate,” adding that the measure creates aggravated-lewd-conduct offenses for two age brackets and attaches escalating mandatory minimums when…
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