Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Long title	An Act to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, provide for an effective death penalty, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	AEDPA
Enacted by	the 104th United States Congress
Effective	April 24, 1996
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 104–132 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	110 Stat. 1214
Codification
Acts amended	Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 735 "Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act of 1995" by Bob Dole (R-KS) on April 27, 1995 Passed the Senate on June 7, 1995 (91–8) Passed the House of Representatives on March 14, 1996 (without objection) Reported by the joint conference committee on April 15, 1996; agreed to by the Senate on April 17, 1996 (91–8) and by the House of Representatives on April 18, 1996 (293–133) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on April 24, 1996
Major amendments
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
United States Supreme Court cases
List Felker v. Turpin, 518 U.S. 651 (1996) Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320 (1997) Breard v. Greene, 523 U.S. 371 (1998) Calderon v. Thompson, 523 U.S. 538 (1998) Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal, 523 U.S. 637 (1998) Calderon v. Ashmus, 523 U.S. 740 (1998) Hohn v. United States, 524 U.S. 236 (1998) Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 (2001) Rice v. Collins, 546 U.S. 333 (2006) Fry v. Pliler, 551 U.S. 112 (2007) Jimenez v. Quarterman, 555 U.S. 113 (2009) Davis v. Ayala, No. 13-1428, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) Banister v. Davis, No. 18-6943, 590 U.S. ___ (2020) United States v. Palomar-Santiago, No. 20-437, 593 U.S. ___ (2021) Brown v. Davenport, No. 20-826, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) Shinn v. Ramirez, No. 20-1009, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) Shoop v. Twyford, No. 21-511, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) Jones v. Hendrix, No. 21-857, 599 U.S. ___ (2023)

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 104–132 (text) (PDF), 110 Stat. 1214, enacted April 24, 1996, was introduced to the United States Congress in April 1995 as a Senate Bill (S. 735). The bill was passed with broad bipartisan support by Congress in response to the bombings of the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.^[1][2]

Controversial for its changes to the law of habeas corpus in the United States, the AEDPA also contained a number of provisions to "deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, provide for an effective death penalty, and for other purposes."^[3]