Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

This bill would end the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. Starting on the date the bill becomes law, no person could be sentenced to death or executed for breaking any federal law. People who were already sentenced to death for a federal crime before the bill becomes law would be given new sentences.

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Sponsors

• Ayanna Pressley Democrat sponsor
• 35 cosponsors