SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION C


  January 28, 1997, Introduced by Senator CARL and referred 
       to the Committee on Judiciary.
     


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 46 of article IV, to pro-

   vide for a death penalty for capital murder.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to provide for a death penalty for capital

   murder, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of

   the state:

 1                                ARTICLE IV

 2         Sec. 46.  No law shall be enacted providing for the penalty

 3    of death EXCEPT UPON A CONVICTION FOR CAPITAL MURDER AS DEFINED

 4    BY LAW.

 5         Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 6    submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 7    in the manner provided by law.


   00364'97                    Final page.                    JOJ