Amendment101st Congress
Amendment sought to reduce to six months the amount of time in which prisoners under sentence of death had to file their federal habeas corpus petitions after direct appeals had been exhausted. It changed provisions regarding the use of the Habeas Corpus appeal and the providing of counsel to indigents potentially subject to the death penalty.
- Amendment Number
- 829
- Description
- Amendment sought to reduce to six months the amount of time in which prisoners under sentence of death had to file their federal habeas corpus petitions after direct appeals had been exhausted. It changed provisions regarding the use of the Habeas Corpus appeal and the providing of counsel to indigents potentially subject to the death penalty.
- Purpose
- An amendment to reduce the amount of time allowed prisoners under the death penalty are allowed to file petitions of habeas corpus to six months after all direct appeals have been exhausted.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Oct 4, 1990
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Hughes amendment (A018) Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 239 (Roll no. 417).
- Latest Action Time
- 17:05:30
- Submitted Date
- Oct 4, 1990
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021