S 0090 Joint Resolution, By Wilson, Giese, McConnell, Branton and Hawkins
Summary: Death penalty, number of juror's votes required to impose; Crimes and Offenses, Execution, Courts, Juries and Jurors
    A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 22 OF ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO GRAND AND PETIT JURIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT TEN OR MORE MEMBERS INSTEAD OF ALL TWELVE MEMBERS OF A JURY MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF IMPOSING THE DEATH PENALTY WHERE A DEFENDANT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN ORDER FOR THE DEATH PENALTY TO BE IMPOSED.
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01/10/01	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-38
01/10/01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-38