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  <short_description>DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION</short_description>
  <synopsis_as_introduced>Amends various Acts to abolish the death penalty. Provides that on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act no person may be executed. Requires resentencing of those already sentenced to death. Effective immediately.</synopsis_as_introduced>
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