1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 538

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Sponsored By:
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:
Study of the Administration of the Death Penalty

Synopsis:

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.

History by Legislative Date

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

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered