Republican who backed death penalty for pedophiles faces child sex charges
5 hours ago by Sunflier to c/politics
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.
It’s what he would have wanted…
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
Confession
Nope. I disagree.
Life in gen pop prison.
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.
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.
It's ALWAYS projection
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 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.
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.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean, yeah, firing squad seems appropriate.
The 67-year-old married father of seven
Oh... he's just a family man, don't you all see? He's a married father of seven! Maybe he did horrible things to a child (or more than one) but which married father hasn't ever molested repeatedly a minor? Which married father hasn't ever kidnapped a kid? We're all here virtue signaling him when he's just the average (republican) married father... have a little shame you all!
This season’s writing is so on the nose. I don't know if it's believable.
Subtlety is for cowards.
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