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MN HF2672
Bill
Status
3/5/2012
Primary Sponsor
Glenn Gruenhagen
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AI Summary
HF2672 Summary
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Authorizes death penalty for specified capital offenses including murder in the first degree under certain circumstances (victim under age 6, murder-for-hire, multiple victims, murder of judges/attorneys, prior murder conviction, prior sexual conduct conviction against child under 12)
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Establishes sentencing procedures requiring separate jury proceeding with specific findings: defendant poses continuing threat to society and (in accomplice cases) defendant caused or intended death; requires unanimous jury verdict for death sentence
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Prohibits death penalty for defendants under 18 at time of crime, developmentally disabled individuals, or those mentally incapable of understanding the death sentence; requires DNA evidence consideration
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Mandates automatic appellate review by Minnesota Supreme Court within 60 days; appoints two attorneys for capital defendants; requires prosecuting attorney to provide notice of intent to seek death penalty
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Implements lethal injection as execution method; designates maximum security facility as execution site; requires Board of Pardons to hear commutation petitions filed no later than 23 days before scheduled execution
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Effective August 1, 2012, for crimes committed on or after that date
Legislative Description
Death penalty for capital offenses authorized; statutory framework provided, including procedures and criteria for imposition of death penalty; Board of Pardons authorized to hear petitions for commutations of death penalty sentences; automatic appellate review provided for death penalty cases; appointment of attorneys provided in death penalty cases; and administrative framework provided for implementing death penalty.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Policy and Finance
3/5/2012