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HB 84 Capital cases; sentencing defendant, jury instructions.

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

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sentencing in capital cases. Requires as part of sentencing in capital cases that, at the request of the defendant, a jury be instructed (i) 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, (ii) about any cases in the United States in which an individual has been posthumously exonerated for a crime for which such individual was executed, and (iii) that eyewitness identifications have been shown in many cases to be inaccurate and highly susceptible to suggestion.

FULL TEXT

• 12/10/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101748D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 12/10/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101748D
• 12/10/15  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/01/16  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/16/16  House: Left in Courts of Justice