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Thin Blue Line Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Thin Blue Line Act
This bill expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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