Death Penalty in Michigan

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was included in the state constitution, although there had been many attempts both to restore the penalty and put prohibition of it in the constitution. In 1850 and 1867 constitutional conventions, motions to prohibit and permit a death penalty, respectively, were defeated, and in 1929 the legislature passed a death penalty bill that was vetoed. The bill was passed again in 1931, as a referendum, and defeated by a vote of the people. Since 1963 constitutional prohibition, there has been no successful legislative attempt to amend the constitution to institute the death penalty. This would require a two thirds vote in both chambers and a majority affirmative vote of the people. Citizen groups have tried four times-most recently in 1986- to authorize the death penalty by referendum, but none made it to the ballot. At this writing, the following five resolutions are before the 89[th] Michigan legislature- two house joint resolutions (HJR) and three senate joint resolutions (SJR) - ...

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Death penalty act (1996) further limits federal prisoners' use of habeas corpus, by requiring federal courts to defer to previous state court decisions if the decisions are "reasonable".

State Capital Punishment

451 individuals have been executed by the state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. A full one-third (147) of the executions have been carried out in Texas, three times the number in Virginia, the state with the next most. The number of executions per year has been climbing steadily over the last 20 years; in 1977 there was one; in 1987, 25; and in 1997, 74. In addition, the death row ...

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