Overview

• Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill added her signature Wednesday to a multi-state request pressing the Justice Department to target Kennedy v. Louisiana and support executing child rapists.
• The coalition’s letter argues the 2008 decision prevents states from deterring extreme sexual assaults against children and weakens their ability to protect young residents.
• Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Sep. 2 letter highlights new state actions, including Florida’s law allowing death sentences for sexual battery of children under 12 and an accelerated execution schedule in 2025.
• Pam Bondi appeared with President Donald Trump on Sep. 25 to announce plans to expand federal use of the death penalty, but her office declined to say whether she will pursue overturning Kennedy.
• Reported signers include attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.