CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Articles and editorials

First in Damage to Constitutional Liberties, S608 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: death penalty sentencing for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances (see H.R. 295), H242 [7JA]

———repeal certain habeas corpus requirements relative to Federal review of State judgments (see S. 175), S342 [19JA]

Crime: funding for States relative to legislation requiring death penalty in certain cases (see H.R. 282), H241 [7JA]

Government: abolish under Federal law (see S. 1917), S14533 [10NO]

Mexico: renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S. (see S. Res. 171), S9996 [2AU]

Letters

Repeal certain habeas corpus requirements relative to Federal review of State judgments: several former attorneys general, S606 [19JA]

Remarks in House

Byrd, James, Jr.: sentencing of John W. King for murder in Jasper, TX, H724 [24FE]

Majors, Orville: criminal sentencing relative to death penalty, H10123 [18OC]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: repeal certain habeas corpus requirements relative to Federal review of State judgments (S. 175), S605-S608 [19JA]

Government: abolish under Federal law (S. 1917), S14563-S14566 [10NO], S14597 [16NO]

Mexico: renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S. (S. Res. 171), S10000 [2AU]

Texts of

S. 175, repeal certain habeas corpus requirements relative to Federal review of State judgments, S608 [19JA]

S. 1917, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S14566 [10NO]

S. Res. 171, renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S., S10000 [2AU]