Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act

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Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of specified offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes, including for murder relating to the smuggling of aliens, murder during a hostage-taking, and certain non-homicide-related…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 9, 2006

Prohibits sentencing to death or putting to death any person for any violation of federal law. Commutes death penalty sentences imposed prior to the enactment of this Act to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act

Latest action (Mar 9, 2006): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 9, 2006

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.