117 S582 IS: Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act U.S. Senate 2021-03-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 582IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 3, 2021Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act.

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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.