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- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law expanding the death penalty to include child rapists.
- It defies a 2008 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the death penalty in crimes where the victim didn't die.
- DeSantis' office said they're prepared to go to the Supreme Court to overrule judicial precedents.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defying the Supreme Court with a new law expanding the death penalty to child rapists — and said the law sets up a way to allow the conservative-leaning court to overturn limits on executions across the US.
On Monday, DeSantis signed three Florida House bills into law, including one that expands the death penalty to include child rapists.