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S.2390 - A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.116th Congress (2019-2020) |

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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (Introduced 07/31/2019)
Committees: Senate - Judiciary
Latest Action: Senate - 07/31/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5253)  (All Actions)

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[S. 2390 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2390

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


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.
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