H.R. 10098 — Restoring the Death Penalty in DC Act

This section establishes the death penalty in the District of Columbia for eight specified offenses, including first-degree murder, murder of a law enforcement officer, first-degree child sexual abuse, acts of terrorism, and distribution of controlled substances to minors resulting in death. It requires the finder of fact to consider 19 aggravating factors, such as prior violent convictions, torture, pecuniary gain, targeting of officials or vulnerable victims, and gang membership, along with any mitigating factors, before imposing a death sentence.

This section provides that if any provision of the Act or any amendment made by the Act is held unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act and its application to other persons or circumstances remain in effect.