Federal Capital Punishment Abolition Bill (Withdrawn)

[MasterJedi]

I'm bumping the Electoral Reform back to the fifth slot because Peter has disappeared and not much is happening, plus when the next Senate session starts.


Federal Capital Punishment Abolition Bill

(1)The sentence of any person convicted of a capital felony and sentenced prior to the effective date of this bill to a sentence of death is commuted to a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release.
(2)The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be fixed by the court and specified in the sentence as follows: (1) For a class A felony, life imprisonment; (2) for a class B felony, a term not to exceed twenty years; (3) for a class C felony, a term not to exceed ten years; (4) for a class D felony, a term not to exceed five years; (5) for an unclassified felony, a term in accordance with the sentence specified in the section of the general statutes that defines the crime; and (6) for a capital felony life imprisonment Without the possibility of parole.
(3)No person shall be put to plea or held to trial for any crime the punishment of which may be life imprisonment or life imprisonment without the possibility of release, unless an indictment has been found against such person for such crime by a grand jury legally impaneled and sworn, and no bill shall be presented by any grand jury unless at least twelve of the jurors agree to it.
(4)In any criminal prosecution in which the defendant has been sentenced to death and has taken an appeal to the Supreme Court of Atlasia or brought a writ of error, writ of certiorari or petition for a new trial, the taking of the appeal, the making of the application for a writ of certiorari or the return into court of the writ of error or petition for a new trial shall, unless, upon application by the attorney general and after hearing, the Supreme Court otherwise orders, stay the execution of the death penalty until the clerk of the court where the trial was had has received notification of the termination of any such proceeding by decision or otherwise, and for thirty days thereafter.
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Sponsor: Sen. Texasgurl

[Emsworth]

As some others have already stated, capital punishment has already been abolished at the federal level. The Death Penalty Abolition Act was passed one and a half years ago.

[The Dowager Mod]

Before or after the second constitution was ratified?

[Emsworth]

Before, but "All Legislation ... passed prior to the Adoption of this Constitution shall remain in full force, unless superseded by subsequent legislation" (Article VIII of the Constitution).

[The Dowager Mod]

Then i withdraw it.