Death Penalty Abolition Amendment

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Death Penalty Abolition Amendment[1]  (1992) 
The Government of the United States of America
Proposed June 29, 1992 (failed)
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The death penalty shall not be imposed by the United States, or by any State, Territory, or other jurisdiction within the United States.

Notes [edit]

  1. ↑ “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the death penalty. (Introduced in House)”, <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c102:H.J.RES.518:>. Retrieved on 2009-12-05(2009-12-05) 
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