A new law in Mississippi has made significant changes to the state's death penalty rules. The law now includes child sexual battery convictions as eligible for the death penalty. Specifically, it applies to cases involving children under the age of 12.

Further details about the law and its implications are available from the source. The change marks an expansion of the crimes that can result in the death penalty in Mississippi. For more information on this development, readers can consult the original report from FOX 5 Atlanta.