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SPONSOR: |
Sen. Bonini |
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Sen. Henry |
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DELAWARE STATE SENATE 145th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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SENATE BILL NO. 187 |
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AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE DEATH PENALTY. |
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SPONSOR: |
Sen. Bonini |
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Sen. Henry |
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DELAWARE STATE SENATE 145th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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SENATE BILL NO. 187 |
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AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE DEATH PENALTY. |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF
Section 1.Amend Section 1, Article VII of the Delaware Constitution by adding to the first paragraph thereof as follows:
"Notwithstanding the above limitations, the Governor shall have the absolute power to commute a sentence of death to a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole."
SYNOPSIS
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This 1st Leg of a Constitutional Amendment would grant the Governor the power to commute a death sentence to a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole.Currently a majority of the Board of Pardons must first recommend such a commutation. |
AUTHOR:Sen. Bonini