HR 5557 · 99th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment for murder in the course of a controlled substances related pattern of racketeering activity and for murder of a law enforcement officer in the course of a controlled substances violation.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: See H.R.5484.(1986-10-27)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a sentence of death or life imprisonment for any person 18 years of age or older who: (1) commits a murder in the course of a controlled substances-related pattern of racketeering activity; or (2) murders a law enforcement officer in the course of a controlled substances violation.…
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