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Current Laws
For a list of individual state policies on the death penalty, visit the Death Penalty Information Center's State by State Database.
1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act
The Act containes a provision that institutes the death penalty for any person who kills someone while committing a drug felony.
Click here for a summary from the Library of Congress.
H.R. 3355: Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Title VI in the Act amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the death penalty for multiple offenses.
Click here for a summary from the Library of Congress.
View a list from the Death Penalty Information Center that contains each section of the federal code that provides for the death penalty.
In the News
Dallas Morning News - 10/12/09
Miami Herald - 5/21/09
New York Times - 3/26/09
New York Times - 2/24/09
Baltimore Sun - 1/16/09
The New York Times - 12/09/08
Catholic News Service - 12/02/08
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/12/08
New York Times - 8/21/08
Washington Post - 8/20/08
KOMU - 7/22/08
Missourian - 7/21/08
Washington Post - 6/11/07
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