The Idaho Legislature passed a bill this week that would make sex crimes against children under 12 punishable by the death penalty.
Another bill that would allow prosecutors to bring sexual exploitation charges against producers of child pornography using artificial intelligence (AI) also passed Congress during the same session.
HB 515 would amend Idaho’s current law, which imposes a life sentence for “lewd acts with a minor” under the age of 16, and if the child is under the age of 12, the act would be “particularly heinous or heinous.” or exhibits cruelty or extraordinary depravity,” then prosecutors would seek the death penalty.
Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Idaho, one of the bill’s co-authors, said the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional in child rape cases where the victim survives He said he thought it was a “wrong decision.”
Americans increasingly believe the death penalty is carried out “unfairly,” according to a Gallup report.
Photo of the Alabama lethal injection room at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, October 7, 2002. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
The state’s new law is consistent with Florida’s law, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill last year that introduced the death penalty for those convicted of sexually abusing children under 12. There is.
Another bill, HB 465, would expand the state’s current law making it illegal to create and distribute child pornography to include AI-generated images and videos depicting real children.
“This technology has been used to create images of thousands of children around the world and in Idaho,” Republican Rep. Dori Healey, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, said during the vote. Ta.
There is currently a federal law banning hyper-realistic sexual images of children, but AI-drawn children have not been tested in locations where no actual children are present. Many are calling on Congress to pass laws that more specifically address AI-generated child pornography.
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A member of the Idaho House of Representatives (left), a Nampa Republican, speaks with Republican Rep. Ben Adams, also from Nampa, during the 2022 House session. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Last year, more than 20 U.S. House Republicans demanded to know what the Department of Justice (DOJ) was doing to combat the emergence of crime. AI generated Child pornography on the internet.
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“There are increasing reports that artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) shared on the internet,” Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., said in the letter. I am writing to you with grave concerns regarding this matter.” to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“Take steps to prevent individuals from using AI to generate CSAM, while recognizing the benefits of appropriate use of AI, including for medical research, cybersecurity defense, streamlining public transportation, and other uses.” I think it is necessary.”
May 23, 2021 at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC image)
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The MPs said: October 2020 report MIT Technology Review warned about AI apps being used to digitally “undress” images of women, primarily young girls.
Meanwhile, prosecutors in all 50 states sent a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in both chambers of Congress, urging them to do more to curb the rise in AI-generated child pornography, the Associated Press first reported. Lawyers argued that the United States is “in a race against time” to protect children from the growing dangers that AI could pose.
