A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2390
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-07-31
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5253)

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the imposition of a death penalty sentence for a violation of federal law. </p> <p>A person sentenced to death before enactment of this bill must be resentenced. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2390 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2019 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Leahy , Mr. Booker , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Sanders , and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on imposition of death sentence (a) In General Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law. (b) Persons Sentenced Before Date Of Enactment Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person sentenced to death before the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall be resentenced.