[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3220 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3220

 To provide for the opportunity for the families of murder victims to 
                 attend the execution of the murderers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 1996

Mr. Salmon (for himself and Mr. Stearns) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the opportunity for the families of murder victims to 
                 attend the execution of the murderers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Victim's Family's Access to Justice 
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO STATE CASES.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) each State should make the death penalty an option for 
        the sentencing of murderers; and
            (2) each State should permit the adult members of the 
        family of a victim of murder to attend the execution of the 
        murderer.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL CASES.

    Section 3596 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Attendance at Execution.--The Attorney General shall permit 
adult members of the family of a murder victim to attend the execution 
of the murderer, and may permit the attendance of other persons. As 
used in this subsection, the term `adult members of the family' 
includes a spouse, adult child, parent, grandparent, and adult 
sibling.''.
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