Mississippi Senate Bill 2274 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 97-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Eliminate Death As A Penalty For Capital Murder; To Amend Sections 99-19-101 And 99-19-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Section 99-19-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Nonabrogation Of The Death Penalty; To Repeal Section 99-19-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Manner In Which Automatic Appeal Of The Death Penalty To The Supreme Court Is Had; To Repeal Section 99-19-106, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Manner Of Execution Of The Death Sentence; To Repeal Section 99-19-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Eventuality That The Death Sentence Is Found Unconstitutional; And For Related Purposes.

Death penalty; repeal.

Sen. Johnnie Walls [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-07		Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2274.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2274IN.htm