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Richard Durbin (D-IL)

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

S. 4608 · Senate bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Democratic bill with 16 Democratic cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2417-2418; text: CR S2418)

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act," aims to stop the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. It mandates that no person can be sentenced to or put to death for any violation of Federal law after the act is passed. Additionally, the bill requires that any person who was sentenced to death before the act's enactment must be resentenced.

Yes· 3 of 8

  • Scored +8

    Does this shorten or soften prison sentences?

    The bill prohibits future death sentences and requires the resentencing of individuals currently on federal death row.

  • Scored +5

    Would Black Americans be better off under this?

    The bill impacts the criminal justice system which disproportionately affects Black Americans.

  • Scored +5

    Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this?

    The bill impacts the criminal justice system which disproportionately affects Hispanic Americans.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.