A bill to establish the death penalty for the commission of certain Federal offenses.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires that a separate sentencing hearing before a jury be held when a defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty to an offense for which one of the possible sentences is death. Sets forth procedures for such hearings. Directs the court to sentence a defendant to death if a majority of the members of the jury finds beyond a reasonable doubt that one of specified aggravating factors exists, unless a majority of the members of such jury finds by a preponderance of the evidence that one or more of specified mitigating factors exists. Includes among aggravating factors the following: (1) in cases of treason, previous convictions of similar offenses and knowing creation of a grave risk of substantial danger to national security or death to another person in the commission of the offenses; (2) in cases of rape, two previous rape convictions; and (3) in cases of murder, previous felony convictions, commission of the offense in connection with the commission of another felony, commission of the offense for consideration, and commission of the offense against one of specified Federal or foreign officials. Includes among mitigating factors the significant impairment of capacity to: (1) …