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HR 321 107th Congress House

Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001

Official title: To assure protection for the substantive due process rights of the innocent, by providing a temporary moratorium on carrying out of the death penalty to assure… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To assure protection for the substantive due process rights of the innocent, by providing a temporary moratorium on carrying out of the death penalty to assure that persons able to prove their innocence are not executed.

Introduced: May 8, 2001 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Administration of criminal justiceAdministrative procedureAppellate procedureCapital punishment
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Civil actions and liabilityCriminal procedureDNA fingerprintsDepartment of JusticeDiscovery (Law)Due process of lawEvidence (Law)Forensic medicineGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthIdentification of criminalsInjunctionsJudicial opinionsLawPretrial procedure
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jan 31, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 31, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 12, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001 - Establishes a moratorium on any State or Federal authority carrying out the death penalty.

Directs the Attorney General to prescribe standards to provide overwhelming confidence that innocent parties will not suffer the death penalty, which shall include procedures to assure: (1) an effective opportunity for pretrial discovery by defendants of forensic evidence in the possession of the prosecuting authority; and (2) that each individual convicted of a capital offense has a full and fair opportunity to produce any exculpatory DNA or similar evidence which was not available to that individual at the time of trial and to obtain an effective judicial vitiation of the conviction and sentence if the reviewing court determines that evidence indicates a reasonable doubt that the individual was guilty as convicted.

Ends the moratorium on the later of: (1) the date seven years after enactment of this Act; (2) for a State authority, the date a U.S. district court enters a declaratory judgment finding that the State has established procedures consistent with the standards prescribed by the Attorney General; or (3) for a Federal authority, the date the Attorney General certifies that such authority operates consistently with such standards.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 321: Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-321/
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"H.R. 321: Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-321/.
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H.R. 321, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-321/.
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