Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso, a former Republican state legislator who previously backed the death penalty for adults convicted of sexually battering children under 12, was arrested Tuesday on five felony child sex abuse charges.
The 67-year-old married father of seven, who was appointed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, faces five felony counts: kidnapping, child molestation, lewd exhibition, luring or enticing a child and child abuse causing mental injury, an arrest affidavit shows.
Investigators in Florida say Caruso violated a child—who is a relative—and allege the abuse occurred multiple times from fall 2024 to August 2025, including on a family cruise, a fishing outing and during a Thanksgiving gathering. The child has been receiving therapeutic services since April 2026, according to the police affidavit.
Its always the ones you most suspect.
Fork found in kitchen.
Someone once posted a heroic comment, they broke down all politicians by party who had been convicted of sex crimes with children … it was pretty one sided
I saw the list on Reddit, pages. Endless pages.
It’s what he would have wanted…
The rare case of a leopard eating its own face.
Hoisted by his own petard.
Only if he gets the death penalty.
This season’s writing is so on the nose. I don’t know if it’s believable.
Fiction is required to be believable. Reality is under no such restrictions.
Subtlety is for cowards.
Sentencing should be easy, at least.
I mean, yeah, firing squad seems appropriate.
Say it with me…
“Every accusation is a…”
Admittance of guilt?
I dunno. I feel like there some mild rhyming you’re looking for.
Confession
Banana!
So I’m not for killing every pedophile, but I think killing this one would be too funny. I’ll never forgive us if we don’t.
Killing them puts their victims in danger. If they know they are going to die for the crime, they’ll kill the child to keep the secret.
Okay but see killing this one would be really funny, so I think we need to. Is the law named after him? I hope it’s named after him.
Can’t help but agree with you
Thing is, cons want to label queer people as pedos for existing in public, and then execute them under those laws (its in project 2025) which is why he’s pushing that law. With selective enforcement; cons get to marry their victims.
I though child sex was one of the boxes you had to tick in order to be a up-and-coming Republican 😅 and with Epstein’s timeshare shutdown, you have to go rogue to get your badge. … not serious btw, I’m sure the higher ups already have created a new little tiny sex vacation spot somewhere.
Of course it is. That’s how people will vote to confirm terrible people for important government positions with tears rolling down their cheeks. They know if they don’t all the evidence of only their crimes against children in the clubhouse will become front page news.
I’m against the death penalty except for people who advocate it’s use in punishing crimes they are guilty of.
I’m against it being used against the working class.
However politicians/politicians that use their power to undermine justice, subvert democracy, and avoid punishment for their own crimes, cannot be reformed and need to be made an example of.
I’m absolutely against it until we have a 100% reliable method of proving guilt. There are definitely some people who shouldn’t be breathing air, but I don’t trust the legal system to apply this penalty fairly and correctly in every case. Also, if we absolutely knew someone was guilty there’s no need for such a prolonged appeals process - take em down to the courthouse basement and bolt gun their head like a farm animal.
Damn, the death penalty for hypocrisy is intense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
After finishing construction on the execution device, Perilaus said to Phalaris: “His screams will come to you through the pipes as the tenderest, most pathetic, most melodious of bellowings.” Perilaus believed he would receive a reward for his invention. Instead, Phalaris, who was disgusted by these words, ordered its horn sound system to be tested by Perilaus himself, tricking him into getting in the bull. When Perilaus entered, he was immediately locked in and the fire was set, so that Phalaris could hear the sound of Perilaus’ screams. Before Perilaus could die, Phalaris ordered him removed from the bull. After freeing him from the bull, Phalaris is then said to have had Perilaus thrown to his death from atop a high cliff.
He called for death penalty for sexual abuse of children under 12. Weird that he picked that age, specifically…
Nope. I disagree.
Life in gen pop prison.
For however long gen pop decides “life” is. Could be days, could be a torturous number of years. Either way, it should be fucking awful.
It’s ALWAYS projection
I am against the death penalty, but people like this make me want to make special exceptions. Like, only people who publicly call for death sentences for certain crimes, and then go on to commit those crimes. But if I went that far, then I might say that only people who support the death penalty shall be eligible for the death penalty. It’s a slippery slope, really. So, I just have to go back to opposing the death penalty, generally.
A common misbelief about anarchism is that it opposes rules. It doesn’t oppose rules though, but rulers. Those who wish to make rules for others.
If this were an anarchist world, which it should be, it would be perfectly fine to create rules for yourself and consensually with others.
Therefore, if he, and the others supporting the death penalty for this crime, choose to apply that standard to themselves then they should face the death penalty. That doesn’t mean that punishment therefore applies to everybody else though.
Your logic is fine, no slippery slope.
On a less related note, here’s my favourite video debunking the efficacy of the death penalty: https://youtu.be/_DrsVhzbLzU
Fuck that, if you call for death, you must be willing to die, no slippery slope.
Well, you don’t have to give government the authority to murder to sentence this jackass to be incarcerated in general population, as another commenter pointed out.
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