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- Execution exemption for Maryland
- Several state senators have introduced a bill that would lift the Court of Appeals-imposed moratorium on executions. The top court held last month that Maryland's death penalty protocols are invalid because they were not subjected to extensive public review as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. Senate Bill 239,...
- Research articles 2007-01-31
- New Jersey Senate Passes Bill to Suspend Executions; Bipartisan Vote is Part of Growing National Trend Away from the Death Penalty
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The New Jersey Senate voted 30-6 today to suspend all executions in the state and examine flaws in the death penalty system. The bill now moves to the Assembly for a scheduled January vote, where it is expected to pWASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /U.S....
- Research articles 2005-12-15
- Senate panel to work on death penalty bills this week
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- Research articles 2005-01-24
- Death penalty hits Senate
- Chambers anticipate busy 'turnaround week'
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- NY State Senate passes legislation to amend death penalty law
- The New York State Senate recently passed legislation that would amend the state's death penalty law to fix a provision that was ruled invalid by the state Court of Appeals.
- Research articles 2005-03-24
- Senator Roskam: Senate Approves Anti-Terrorism Legislation; Keeps Death Penalty Provisions
- SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to the Governor's recommendations for change to the anti-terrorism bill passed last fall, the Illinois Senate today agreed to accept the changes with the exception of his proposal to remove the deaSPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to...
- Research articles 2002-02-22
- Senate to Hear Death Penalty Testimony in Chicago
- News Advisory: News Advisory:
- Research articles 2002-06-21
- Va. may bar executions for mentally retarded. (State to State).(Brief Article)
- The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill last month that would bar executions of mentally retarded offenders convicted of capital crimes. Senate Bill 497, altering the state's law on the death penalty, passed 40-0 without discussion. It still The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
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- Leahy Sets Tuesday News Conference On Death Penalty Reform
- News Advisory: More than 135,000 citizen petitions urging congressional passage of the death penalty reform bill will be delivered to the U.S. Senate in a news conference at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the New Senate Swamp in Russell Park, at Constitution and Delaware Avenues, across from the...
- Research articles 2002-09-20
- DNA/Death Penalty Reform Bill Poised To Become Law This Weekend
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Capping four years of effort by a bipartisan House and Senate coalition that includes both supporters and opponents of the death penalty, modest but rare reforms in the way the death penalty is used in the criminal justice system are expected to take effect...
- Research articles 2004-10-29
- Death penalty bill headed for OK/ Legislation requires unanimous jury
- DENVER - Only a unanimous vote by a jury would send convicted murderers to their death under legislation expected to be approved today by the General Assembly. Lawmakers are meeting this week in a special session to reform the state's death penalty laws after a U.S. Supreme Court...
- Research articles 2002-07-11
- What's at stake for you today Your vote today will help shape decisions about our economic future and death penalty moratorium.(News)
- Byline: Eric Krol and John Patterson Daily Herald Staff Writers It's all on the line in Illinois today. For the first time in 20 years, voters will get to elect a governor and six other state officials at the same time every state...
- Research articles 2002-11-05
- Rating the performance of U.S. senators on key municipal priorities in the 103rd Congress.
- A plus (+) indicates support for NLC's positions. 1. HR 3355. Omnibus Crime Bill/Passage. November 19, 1993. By a vote of 95-5, the Senate passed this NLC-supported legislation to authorize about $22 billion to combat crime through various programs, including the hiring of about...
- Research articles 1994-10-24
- Senate votes to ban torture of terrorism detainees
- WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a defense bill Tuesday that would ban torture of terrorism detainees and grant them limited access to federal courts. The Senate passed an amendment, 84-14, that would allow the roughly 500 detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to file one appeal...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- The States' champion: Sandra Day O'Connor was an eloquent defender of the states' role in our federal system.
- Sandra Day O'Connor was a pioneer for women before she was named to the Supreme Court in 1981. A decade earlier, she was the first woman to be the majority leader of the Arizona Senate. And in her long career at the U.S. Supreme Court, she brought...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
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