Idaho pedophile death penalty bill: What we can VERIFY [Video]

Legislation proposed in the Idaho state house attracted national attention when a post on X went viral, claiming the bill would “give pedophiles the death penalty.”

Capital punishment for people convicted of child rape has been a topic of national conversation in recent years, with Florida also seeking such executions.

No one has been executed in the United States for a crime other than murder since 1964.

THE QUESTION

Is Idaho considering a bill to give pedophiles the death penalty?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

The bill would allow the death penalty for some specific cases of child sex abuse, not “pedophiles” generally. 

It also would be unenforceable unless the Supreme Court overturned a previous decision that ruled the death penalty cannot be applied except as punishment for first-degree murder.

WHAT WE FOUND

A bill that would allow the death penalty …