Efforts are underway to end the execution of federal prisoners.
The bill would immediately halt federal executions and would prohibit the death penalty as a sentence for violations of federal law. Last week, FCNL joined other religious leaders in a letter to Pres. Clinton which calls on the President to declare a moratorium on the imposition of the federal death penalty. There have been no federal executions for over 36 years. However, in 1988 and 1994, Congress passed laws that expanded the number of federal offenses punishable by execution.