Date: October 22, 1991
Subject: Omnibus Crime Bill
Description: McCollum (R-FL) amendment to strike provisions in the Omnibus Crime Bill that would have effectively nullified all state and federal death penalty statutes. The Crime Bill provisions would have prohibited the execution of death row prisoners who claim that evidence demonstrates that the death penalty had been previously imposed in that jurisdiction in a racially disproportionate manner. This amendment would prohibit considering race in determining a defendant's sentence, and prohibit using statistics to invalidate a sentence.
Result: Agreed to, 223-191
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