Entries tagged with “Tate Reeves”

May 11, 2026

At Suggestion of the Trump Administration, Mississippi Enacts New Capital Sexual Battery Law, Openly Defying U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

On April 8, 2026, the Mississippi Legislature enact­ed Senate Bill 2821, cre­at­ing the new offense of​“cap­i­tal sex­u­al bat­tery” and autho­riz­ing the death penal­ty for the sex­u­al abuse, or attempt­ed sex­u­al abuse of a child under 12 years of age that results in​“injury to the child’s sex­u­al organs.” Mississippi Governor Tate Reaves approved the leg­is­la­tion, which will take effect July 1, 2026. With its pas­sage, Mississippi joins Florida (2023), Tennessee (2024), Idaho…