Death Penalty
Alabama Regular Session 2017
Capital cases, judge not to override jury verdict of life without parole, Act 2017-131 made retroactive, Act 2017-131, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd. [SB-375]
Capital cases, judge not to override jury verdict of life without parole, Act 2017-131 made retroactive, Act 2017-131, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Sanders
Read For The First Time And Referred To The Senate Committee On Judiciary on 04/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Examine Reinstatement of the Death Penalty [HB-1152]
Establishing the Task Force to Examine Reinstatement of the Death Penalty; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-958]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under specified circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, and First Responders [HB-881]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a first responder under specified circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Death penalty; severe mental illness. [SB-1348]
Death penalty; severe mental illness. Provides that a defendant in a capital case who had a severe mental illness, which is defined in the bill, at the time of the offense is not eligible for the death penalty. The bill establishes procedures for determining whether a defendant had a severe mental illness at the time of the offense and provides for the appointment of expert evaluators. When the defendant's severe mental illness is at issue, a determination will be made by the jury, or by the judge in a bench trial, as part of the sentencing proceeding,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17104587d-s1 on 01/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Death penalty; severe mental illness. [HB-1522]
Death penalty; severe mental illness. Provides that a defendant in a capital case who had a severe mental illness, which is defined in the bill, at the time of the offense is not eligible for the death penalty. The bill establishes procedures for determining whether a defendant had a severe mental illness at the time of the offense and provides for the appointment of expert evaluators. When the defendant's severe mental illness is at issue, a determination will be made by the jury, or by the judge in a bench trial, as part of the sentencing proceeding,
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Death penalty; severe mental illness. [HB-794]
Death penalty; severe mental illness. Provides that a defendant in a capital case who had a severe mental illness, which is defined in the bill, at the time of the offense is not eligible for the death penalty. The bill establishes procedures for determining whether a defendant had a severe mental illness at the time of the offense and provides for the appointment of expert evaluators. When the defendant's severe mental illness is at issue, a determination will be made by the jury, or by the judge in a bench trial, as part of the sentencing proceeding,
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016