Death Penalty : An Abridged Look at Capital Punishment Legislation in the 109th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes death penalty-related provisions of P.L. 109-177, the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act, and various capital punishment proposals introduced in the 109th Congress to alter the procedural attributes of Federal capital cases, create new Federal capital offenses, add or abolish the death penalty as a sentencing option for the violation of existing Federal crimes, and impose a moratorium upon executions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Death Penalty

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