A bill to place a moratorium on executions by the Federal Government and urge the States to do the same, while a National Commission on the Death Penalty reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty.
Establishes the National Commission on the Death Penalty to: (1) determine whether administration of the death penalty comports with such constitutional requirements; and (2) establish guidelines and procedures which ensure that death penalty cases are administered fairly and impartially in accordance with due process, minimize the risk that innocent persons may be executed, and ensure that the death penalty is not administered in a racially discriminatory manner.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S923-925)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S925-927)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2478-2479)
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights. Hearings held.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7419)
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