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The governor believes this will help to maintain the state’s record low crime rate, while opposing initiatives such as abolishing cash bail. DeSantis declared that Florida will remain ‘the law and order state’ and outlined a variety of measures to be taken to achieve this goal.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has put forward legislation that would increase sanctions for child rapists and drug criminals.

The governor believes this will help to maintain the state’s record low crime rate, while opposing initiatives such as abolishing cash bail. DeSantis declared that Florida will remain “the law and order state” and outlined a variety of measures to be taken to achieve this goal.

These involve reducing the number of jurors needed to sentence someone to death, punishing fentanyl traffickers who target children with mandatory life sentences, tightening bail laws, making child rapists face life in prison or the death penalty, and increasing the penalties for sex criminals.

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