HR 6717 · 97th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend chapter 227 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for a sentence of guilty but mentally ill.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1982-09-09)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a verdict of "guilty but mentally ill" even if such illness would not constitute legal insanity. Permits the court to impose on a defendant found guilty but mentally ill any sentence which the court can impose on a defendant convicted of such offense. Allows treatment of the defendant for mental illness during the term of sentence.…
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Cosponsors (10)
3 Democrats7 Republicans