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HR 3332 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Law enforcement officers Sex offenses Violent crime

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015

Introduced: July 29, 2015 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Sep 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 29, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 29, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015

This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. If death results from such torture, the offender shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

"Torture" is defined to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.

What's happening now September 8, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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