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1/26/2005--Introduced.Innocent Life Protection Act of 2005 - Requires any State which had sentenced to death a person determined to be innocent by a subsequent judicial process, to suspend the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty for at least ten years.Prohibits a State from te

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Official Summary

1/26/2005--Introduced.
Innocent Life Protection Act of 2005 - Requires any State which had sentenced to death a person determined to be innocent by a subsequent judicial process, to suspend the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty for at least ten years.
Prohibits a State from terminating such moratorium until it has, upon application, received a written determination by the Attorney General that:
(1) due process of law with respect to capital punishment is observed within that State;
(2) the State has established a broadly representative judicial review board that has examined all death penalty cases which are subject to the moratorium and determined they are free of due process violations;
(3) during the last ten years of the moratorium there has been no reversal on appeal by a defendant from a capital sentence;
(4) the State pursues capital punishment cases without racial bias; and
(5) the State meets American Bar Association standards for appointment, performance, and compensation of counsel for indigent persons.


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