the Texas Senate passed a bill targeting sexual predators...

the Texas Senate passed a bill targeting sexual predators that includes a possible death penalty for those who are twice convicted of raping children under 14.
Senator Bob Deuell sponsored the measure.
If the bill becomes law, Texas would be the sixth state to allow some child sex offenders to be sentenced to death. The others are Florida, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
To become law, lawmakers from the state Senate and House must agree on a version of the bill. The House has approved a diferent version of the bill.
The bill creates new categories of sexually violent offenses against children under 14, including categories for crimes committed involving kidnapping, date-rape drugs and deadly weapons. Such crimes, or any aggravated sexual assault on a child under 6, automatically carry a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.
A second offense of those crimes could carry the death penalty.