Rep. Pressley Introduces Bill to Abolish the Federal Death Penalty
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It is actively moving forward, but no future meetings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill mentioned for this proposal.
This bill faces strong opposition from many lawmakers and lacks the broad support needed to pass both chambers of Congress.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 4633 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4633 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
People currently on federal death row (roughly 40 individuals) would have their death sentences vacated and be resentenced to lesser punishments, most likely life in prison. Going forward, anyone convicted of a federal capital crime would no longer face the possibility of execution, removing the most severe punishment from the federal justice system.
“any person sentenced to death before the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law shall be resentenced.”
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
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