Federal moratorium on executions (Senate)

Federal moratorium on executions (Senate).Senators Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2000." The bill S. 2463 would impose a moratorium on executions and establish a National Commission on the Death Penalty. The Commission would review the current administration of the death penalty and make recommendations for ensuring that it is imposed fairly and with due process. A moratorium would be in place until the two-year Commission completes its work and Congress takes action on its final report. The matters to be studied by the Commission would include racial disparities, disproportionality based on geographic location and income status of the defendant, adequacy of representation of capital defendants, why innocent prisoners are being sentenced to death and other issues plaguing the death penalty's implementation.