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Senate approves law creating aggravated lewd conduct class with mandatory minimums and potential capital penalty
Summary
The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 3‑80 on March 24, creating two new aggravated lewd conduct offenses for crimes against minors with mandatory minimum sentences and, in the most aggravated cases, life or the death penalty.
The Idaho Senate on March 24 approved House Bill 3‑80, which creates aggravated lewd conduct offenses for sexual crimes against minors and establishes mandatory minimum sentences and, in the most aggravated cases, life or the death penalty.
Sponsor Rep. (delivered in the Senate by) Sen. Ben Ricks (Senator Ben Ricks, sponsor) described the bill as a response to "horrific" crimes against children and said the legislation aligns Idaho with harsher penalties elsewhere. The bill creates two aggravated offenses depending on the child’s age bracket; for some offenses it sets a 25‑ or 30‑year mandatory minimum and permits life or death where…
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