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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 15, 1994
Provides for imposition of the death penalty where a defendant has been found guilty of treason or gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government or of an offense for which the death sentence is provided if the defendant intentionally: (1) killed the victim; (2) inflicted serious bodily injury that resulted in the victim's death; (3) participated in an act, comtemplating that the life of a person would be taken or intending that lethal force would be used and the victim died as a direct result of the act; or (4) engaged in an act of violence, knowing that the act created a grave risk of death, such that participation in the act constituted a reckless disregard for human life and the victim died as a result of the act (subject to specified limitations). Prohibits sentencing to death a person under age 18 at the time of the offense. Amends the Federal criminal code to set limitations on the imposition of the death sentence in espionage cases. Authorizes imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, where death results, including: (1) hostage taking; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder or kidnapping in aid of racketeering activity; (4) genocide; (5) carjacking; (6) sexual abuse; (7) sexual exploitation of children; (8) homicides involving firearms in Federal facilities; (9) murder of Federal witnesses; (10) civil rights murders; (11) murder by a Federal prisoner; (12) murder by escaped prisoners; (13) drive-by shootings; (14) gun murders during Federal crimes of violence and drug trafficking crimes; (15) murder of State or local officials assisting Federal law enforcement officials; (16) use of weapons of mass destruction; (17) violence at international airports; (18) violence against maritime navigation or fixed platforms; and (19) torture. Sets: (1) penalties for attempted killings of court officers and jurors and for attempted retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants; and (2) procedures with respect to prosecutions for the foreign murder of U.S. nationals. Makes an exception to the requirement that a person charged with a capital offense be furnished with a list of veniremen and witnesses if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing such list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person.
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Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] · D–NY
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 258.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 103-466. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 103-466. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice Forwarded an Original Measure to Full Committee.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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