US Congress House Bill 3986 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on November 3 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-01-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Amends the federal judicial code to make federal habeas corpus relief available to a person sentenced to death if adjudication on the merits in state court proceedings of the claim cited in the writ application resulted in, or left in force, a death sentence imposed without consideration of newly discovered evidence which, in combination with the evidence presented at trial, demonstrates that the applicant is probably not guilty of the underlying offense. Allows presentation of such a claim in a second or successive habeas corpus application. Allows a second or successive court motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a death sentence based on such a claim.

Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-04		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-11-03		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2009-11-03		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12208)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3986/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3986/BILLS-111hr3986ih.pdf