To with hold a portion of law enforcement Federal financial assistance to States that do not have in effect a law that permits imposition of the death penalty, and requires imposition of the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole, for any conviction of premeditated murder and for any conviction of murdering a law enforcement officer under certain circumstances.

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Requires that 25 percent of the Federal financial assistance to a State for the prevention or reduction of crime or the enforcement of criminal laws be withheld from any State that does not have in effect a law that permits imposition of the death penalty, and requires imposition of the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole, for a conviction of: (1) premeditated murder; and (2) the murder of a law enforcement officer while such officer was engaged in carrying out official duties, because of the nature of the official duties of such officer, or because such officer was a law enforcement officer.

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