File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Marriott, Billings, Fulton, Benson, Montague, Oaks,
Cryor, V. Jones, C. Davis, Brown, Kirk, Dobson, Healey,
Nathan-Pulliam, Carlson, Menes, Pendergrass, Mandel, Goldwater,
Grosfeld, Bronrott, Branch, Bobo, Hurson, Swain, and Shriver
- Entitled:
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Study of the Administration of the Death Penalty
Requiring the Department of Criminology at the University of Maryland
to conduct a study of the administration of the death penalty in the
State to determine the extent of racial discrimination in the death
penalty process; requiring the study to include an empirical
examination of charging and sentencing outcomes, including the
gathering of specified case history information and the use of
statistical analyses; etc.
House Action
- 2/11
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
- Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
- Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
- Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- DEATH PENALTY
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- PENALTIES
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered