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2006 SESSION

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HB 188 Death penalty; changes in provisions.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sentencing; death sentence.  Requires in sentencing capital cases at the request of the defendant, a jury shall be instructed that an individual who was sentenced to death in the Commonwealth and twice scheduled to be executed was later granted an absolute pardon absolving him of guilt for a capital murder conviction on the basis of DNA testing, and that eyewitness identifications have been shown in many cases to be inaccurate and highly susceptible to suggestion, in addition to the requirement under current law that the jury be told that a defendant is not eligible for parole if sentenced to imprisonment for life.

FULL TEXT

• 01/02/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063023396  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/02/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063023396
• 01/02/06  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/18/06  House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
• 02/15/06  House: Left in Courts of Justice