AMENDMENT:
Abolition of capital punishment in the United States
Amendment Details:
Date:
Aug. 1, 1946
Type:
Congressional Bills
State of Origin:
Ohio (OH)
Congress:
79th Congress (1945-1947)
Summary:
Abolition of capital punishment in the United States
Text:
H. J. RES. 393
treason.
"ARTICLE
"SECTION 1. The punishment of death shall not be in-
flicted upon any person for any crime except the crime of
PAMATD-ERIES "FREIGAS DE AG H Make ULEFONE:
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"SEC. 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall
have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by
the legislatures of three-fourths of the States within seven
years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by
the Congress."
SEP 201949
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AUGUST 1, 1946
By Mr. HUBER
ment in the United States.
relating to the abolition of capital punish-
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
Chamber:
House
Sponsor or Proponent:
Huber
Committee of referral:
Judiciary
Record Source:
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States Introduced in Congress from the 69th Congress, 2d Session through the 87th Congress, 2d Session, December 6, 1926 to January 3, 1963, S. Doc. No. 163, 87th Cong. 2d Sess., Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963.
Cite As:
The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number b079-h00393, accessed 2026-07-16]. Record Source: [Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States Introduced in Congress from the 69th Congress, 2d Session through the 87th Congress, 2d Session, December 6, 1926 to January 3, 1963, S. Doc. No. 163, 87th Cong. 2d Sess., Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963.]
