Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 19, 2006 18:07:00 GMT -5
Taylor: Repeat child sex offenders should get death penalty
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor on Tuesday called for the death penalty for people
who commit repeat sex crimes against children in Georgia.
Five other states already have death penalty statutes for repeat child sex
offenders, according to the Taylor campaign. Taylor said Georgia should
become the 6th.
"There are some crimes that rise to the level that the death penalty is
the appropriate punishment," Taylor said.
Taylor, the Democratic nominee for governor, made the announcement at a
candidates forum hosted by State Farm Insurance Co. He appeared after
Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Perdue announced his own child sex crime crackdown on Monday. He proposed
hiring more child sex crime investigators.
(source: Associated Press)
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor on Tuesday called for the death penalty for people
who commit repeat sex crimes against children in Georgia.
Five other states already have death penalty statutes for repeat child sex
offenders, according to the Taylor campaign. Taylor said Georgia should
become the 6th.
"There are some crimes that rise to the level that the death penalty is
the appropriate punishment," Taylor said.
Taylor, the Democratic nominee for governor, made the announcement at a
candidates forum hosted by State Farm Insurance Co. He appeared after
Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Perdue announced his own child sex crime crackdown on Monday. He proposed
hiring more child sex crime investigators.
(source: Associated Press)