Bill > HR4697

This bill proposes to amend the United States Code by adding a new aggravating factor for determining whether the death penalty can be applied in a criminal case. Specifically, the bill would create a new provision that allows for the death penalty to be considered when the defendant is an undocumented immigrant (referred to as an "illegal alien" in the bill) who has entered or remained in the United States unlawfully and has been convicted of killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a U.S. citizen. This means that if an undocumented immigrant is found guilty of a fatal crime against an American citizen, prosecutors could use the defendant's immigration status as an additional factor when seeking the death penalty. The bill, titled the "Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act," would add this new provision as paragraph (17) to Section 3592(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code, which deals with sentencing factors for capital punishment cases.

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