death penalty

On October 22, 2001, Richard Moore received a death penalty sentence. He had been previously convicted in Spartanburg, South Carolina for the murder of James Mahoney. The execution was scheduled for April 29, 2022, over twenty years after the murder.
This bill repeals the death penalty and replaces it with an alternative sentencing option to help prosecutors better achieve justice.
This new approach aims to solve a critical problem for victim family members.
This bill would repeal the death penalty.
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