Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits judges from overriding the sentencing decision of a jury in capital cases.

Highlights:

• Requires the court to sentence a defendant to death when that is the verdict determined by the jury in a capital case sentencing hearing (Sec. 1).

• Requires the court to sentence a defendant to life imprisonment without parole when that is the verdict determined by the jury in a capital case sentencing hearing (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the decision returned by a jury in a capital case sentencing hearing is a verdict (Sec. 1).

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