S 1955
101th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Capital punishment
Homicide
Law enforcement officers
Murder
Narcotic traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide the death penalty for engaging in a continuing criminal drug enterprise involving a large quantity of drugs.
Introduced: November 21, 1989
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To President
Became law
Nov 21, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 21, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow the imposition of the death penalty, when the crime does not involve killing, upon individuals found to be principal organizers of a continuing criminal enterprise involving the manufacture or distribution of large quantities of illicit drugs or if the criminal enterprise receives $10,000,000 from illicit drug operations. (Current law provides for mandatory life imprisonment.) Changes minimum sentences for crimes involving the killing of law enforcement officers. Amends procedures, guidelines, and aggravating and mitigating factors relating to the imposition of the death penalty.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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