Date: October 17, 1991
Subject: Omnibus Crime Bill
Description: Hyde (R-IL) amendment to prohibit habeas corpus appeals in cases that had a "full and fair" hearing at the state level; require all habeas corpus appeals to be filed within one year of exhausting state appeals; limit death row prisoners to one federal habeas corpus petition that must be filed within six months of exhausting appeals; and set time limits for consideration of habeas corpus petitions.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 208-218
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