Eric’s Law
Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a crime punishable by death.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Eric's Law
This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings.
If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence and there is a motion by the attorney for the government, the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.
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- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Air Force, Dept of
- Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
- Army, Dept of (Other)
- Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Defense Commissary Agency
- Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 718: Eric’s Law. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-718/
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