HR 1556 · in committee · significant
Eric’s Law
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- The bill changes how courts handle capital sentencing when juries cannot unanimously agree on a sentence.
- It affects federal defendants facing capital punishment and the federal courts that try them.
- If a new jury is impaneled and still cannot unanimously recommend death, the court must impose a non-death sentence.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might requiring a new jury when the first cannot unanimously agree on capital punishment affect the cost and duration of federal death penalty cases?
- 02
What evidence exists about whether non-unanimous jury decisions in capital cases have led to wrongful convictions or unfair outcomes?
- 03
Under this bill's approach, which federal defendants would be most affected by the shift from jury discretion to mandatory non-death sentences?
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Sponsor · R-PA-8
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
3/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-25
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-25 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-02-25 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-25 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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