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H.R. 2856 (100th)

Drug Traffickers Death Penalty Act of 1987

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

30 June 1987

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See H.R.5210.

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Summary

Drug Traffickers Death Penalty Act of 1987 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the imposition of the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment for: (1) the murder of a law enforcement officer during the course of a Controlled Substances Act violation; (2) certain violations involving ten or more kilograms of heroin, cocaine (including cocaine freebase), phencyclidine, or a controlled substance analogue; or (3) second or subsequent violations involving one or more kilogram of such controlled substances.

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