End the federal death penalty by prohibiting its use for federal offenses and requiring resentencing of people currently on death row.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senator Dick Durbin reintroduced the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2026, which would prohibit the imposition of the death penalty as punishment for any violation of federal law and require the re-sentencing of those previously sentenced to death row.

Pressley reintroduced legislation to abolish the federal death penalty and resentence current federal death row prisoners.

Pressley, Durbin Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty - Ayanna Pressley
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senator Dick Durbin reintroduced the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2026, described as bicameral legislation to prohibit the use of the death penalty at the federal level and require re-sentencing of those currently on death row.

Pressley took a concrete legislative step toward the promise by reintroducing a bill that matches the claim, but the source shows introduction only, not enactment.

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Pressley, Durbin Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty - Ayanna Pressley
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The Senate office said Pressley led the reintroduction of the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, which would prohibit the use of the death penalty at the federal level and require resentencing of people already on death row.

A second official office release confirms the same 2026 reintroduction and the bill's substance, but there is no evidence of passage or implementation yet.

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Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill To End Federal Death Penalty
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