CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Bills and resolutions

Constitutional amendments: allow the death penalty, including when it is imposed for the rape of a child (see H.J. Res. 83), H3403 [8MY] (see H.J. Res. 96), H6176 [26JN]

———prohibit (see H.J. Res. 80), H2442 [16AP]

Government: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 6875), H8048 [11SE]

Supreme Court: express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (see S. Res. 626), S7479 [25JY]

Remarks in House

Quintero, Juan: trial for capital murder in Houston, TX, H3059 [6MY]

Supreme Court: decision on constitutionality of lethal injection as a form of capital punishment, H2424 [16AP]

———decision on use of capital punishment in cases involving child rape, H7 [15JA], H2059 [8AP], H6149 [26JN], H6650 [16JY]

Remarks in Senate

Supreme Court: express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (S. Res. 626), S10016 [27SE]

———express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (S. Res. 626), unanimous-consent request, S8990, S8991 [18SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 626, express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided by the Supreme Court and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child, S7481 [25JY]