Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001
Latest action · Feb 12, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Attorney General to prescribe standards to provide overwhelming confidence that innocent parties will not suffer the death penalty, which shall include procedures to assure: (1) an effective opportunity for pretrial discovery by defendants of forensic evidence in the possession of the prosecuting authority; and (2) that each individual convicted of a capital offense has a full and fair opportunity to produce any exculpatory DNA or similar evidence which was not available to that individual at the time of trial and to obtain an effective judicial vitiation of the conviction and sentence if the reviewing court determines that evidence indicates a reasonable doubt that the individual was guilty as convicted.
Ends the moratorium on the later of: (1) the date seven years after enactment of this Act; (2) for a State authority, the date a U.S. district court enters a declaratory judgment finding that the State has established procedures consistent with the standards prescribed by the Attorney General; or (3) for a Federal authority, the date the Attorney General certifies that such authority operates consistently with such standards.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2001 to Jun 19, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Rod R. Blagojevich | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Tony P. Hall | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jul 27, 2001 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| D-WI | Thomas M. Barrett | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 19, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 12, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- Jan 31, 2001Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To assure protection for the substantive due process rights of the innocent, by providing a temporary moratorium on carrying out of the death penalty to assure that persons able to prove their innocence are not executed.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Accuracy in Judicial Administration Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administration of criminal justice
- Administrative procedure
- Appellate procedure
- Capital punishment
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal procedure
- Department of Justice
- Discovery (Law)
- DNA fingerprints
- Due process of law
- Evidence (Law)
- Forensic medicine
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Identification of criminals
- Injunctions
- Judicial opinions
- Law
- Pretrial procedure
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Standards
- State courts
- State laws
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2001Introduced in House
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