AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Summary
This Act removes the Department of Correction’s authority to execute orders as to sentences of capital punishment and prohibits the Department from using lethal doses of drugs on those in its care. This Act also removes hanging as a method of execution in Delaware.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 2, 2017
Last action May 2, 2017
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May 2, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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