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SB 395 Death sentence; execution dates

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Death sentence; execution dates. Removes some of the circumstances in which circuit courts are required to set execution dates before state and federal review of an inmate's death sentence is complete. The Federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has revised the remedies available to the convicted person and imposes a one-year statute of limitations for filing petitions for federal review of state convictions and sentences.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081523228  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081523228
• 01/08/08  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/08  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/30/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N)
• 02/01/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/08  Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 28-N)