Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
The Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act bars any death sentence for violations of federal law and orders that people already on federal death rows be resentenced. It applies to all current and future federal death‑penalty cases. The measure seeks to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level and align federal sentencing with growing opposition to capital punishment.
AI-generated summary — may be incomplete or inaccurate. Verify against the official bill text.
Topics
Track this bill
Get real-time alerts when HR 8940 changes status, plus AI-powered summaries and stage predictions.
Sign up free