S 718 · in committee · significant
Eric’s Law
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill changes how courts handle capital punishment cases when juries cannot unanimously decide on a sentence.
- It affects federal death penalty cases where the jury cannot reach a unanimous recommendation.
- If a new jury also cannot unanimously agree, the court cannot impose a death sentence.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might requiring unanimous jury verdicts in federal capital cases affect the outcomes of death penalty trials compared to current procedures?
- 02
What evidence exists about whether non-unanimous jury decisions in capital cases have led to wrongful convictions or execution errors?
- 03
If courts cannot impose death sentences when juries fail to unanimously agree twice, what alternative sentences would apply to defendants in those cases?
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Sponsor · R-TX
Ted Cruz
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Introduced 2025-02-25
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-25 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-02-25 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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