Bill
SB 375
TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CAPITAL RAPE; AND TO AMEND A PORTION OF ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 3 OF 1936.
2025 Regular Session
Introduced by Brandon Achor and 55 co-sponsors
Arkansas establishes capital rape as a death-penalty-eligible offense, potentially conflicting with federal constitutional precedent limiting capital punishment in non-homicide cases.
Notification that SB375 is now Act 662