SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION D


  January 28, 1997, Introduced by Senator BOUCHARD 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 the death penalty for first degree 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 the death penalty for first

   degree 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 FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER.  THE LEGISLATURE SHALL

 4    IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION 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.


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