legislation: 116-hr-7532

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116-hr-7532 116 hr 7532 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act Law 2020-07-09 2020-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] GA D J000288 27 Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act This bill allows an individual sentenced to death by a state to present newly discovered evidence in a petition challenging the legality of the individual's detention (i.e., a habeas corpus petition). Under the bill, a federal court may grant a habeas corpus petition concerning such an individual if the death sentence was imposed without consideration of newly discovered evidence of the individual's probable innocence. Furthermore, a federal court may consider, subject to certain requirements, a subsequent petition concerning such an individual if the petition is based on a claim that the death sentence was imposed without consideration of newly discovered evidence of the individual's probable innocence. (Currently, if a federal court has already considered a habeas corpus petition concerning an individual, subsequent petitions concerning that individual shall be dismissed, with limited exceptions.) 2023-01-11T13:45:59Z  

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