To increase penalties for the sexual exploitation of children.
Rep. Fuller Introduces Millstone Act to Allow Death Penalty for Crimes Against Children
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary for review. It is actively moving forward as it awaits further study by committee members. There are no upcoming votes or hearings scheduled at this time.
Legislative Progress
While protecting children is a popular goal, expanding the death penalty is highly controversial and usually lacks the broad support needed to pass through a divided Congress.
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Personal Impact
People convicted of federal child sexual exploitation offenses would face dramatically harsher penalties, including the death penalty for crimes that currently carry only prison time. This represents one of the most severe expansions of sentencing in modern federal criminal law, though it faces significant constitutional obstacles given the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional for non-homicide crimes against individuals.
“Any individual who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under this title and punished by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life.”
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
To increase penalties for the sexual exploitation of children.
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