SLS 15RS-517 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 100
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the impact on
reducing the delays in carrying out a capital punishment sentence.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make recommendations
3 that would accelerate the state capital punishment appeal process.
4 WHEREAS, a study is needed to determine the feasibility of combining the direct
5 and post-conviction appeals of a defendant who has been sentenced to capital punishment;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, Louisiana has more than eighty inmates serving sentences for capital
8 punishment; and
9 WHEREAS, many of those inmates have been awaiting decades for the conclusion
10 of clemency review; and
11 WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes the importance of collecting and verifying
12 objective statistical data on the cost of capital punishment in Louisiana; and
13 WHEREAS, questions are frequently raised regarding the costs of the administration
14 of a system of capital punishment; and
15 WHEREAS, there is a need to discuss the timely processing of a capital punishment
16 case in a systematic and effective manner through the conclusion of clemency review.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
18 request the Law Institute to study and make recommendations that would accelerate the state
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SLS 15RS-517 ORIGINAL
1 capital punishment appeal process.
2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute shall submit
3 a written report of its findings, together with any proposed legislation, to the Legislature of
4 Louisiana no later than February 1, 2016.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
6 Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SCR 100 Original 2015 Regular Session Dorsey-Colomb
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to study proposals that would accelerate the state
capital punishment appeal process.
Requests the Louisiana State Law Institute to report its findings, together with any proposed
legislation, to the Legislature no later than February 1, 2016.
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