Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the imposition of the death penalty (or a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole) for: (1) the first degree murder of a Federal law enforcement officer (including persons involved in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of an offense and corrections, probation, and parole functions); (2) killing a State or local law enforcement officer during the commission of a Controlled Substances Act violation (provides a penalty of up to 20 years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of such officers); and (3) killing a State or local corrections officer while serving a sentence for a Controlled Substances Act offense (provides a penalty of up to 20 years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of such officials). Requires the Government, for such offense, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea, disclosing that it intends to seek the death penalty and the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defe…