Reporting Requirements

Each United States Attorney's Office or Department component must identify, for each applicable case, a point-of-contact responsible for ensuring an immediate report to the CCS whenever:

(A) A capital offense is charged or an indictment is obtained pertaining to conduct that could be, but has not been, charged as a capital offense. The point-of-contact must immediately provide the CCS with a copy of the indictment and case number. If the indictment is obtained before submitting the case for review under this Chapter, the United States Attorney or Assistant Attorney General shall comply with the notification requirements of

J.M. § 9-10.060

;

(B) A court establishes or modifies a trial date or a deadline for filing a notice of intent to seek the death penalty for a case that does or could include capital-eligible charges;

(C) Developments occur that could affect the Government’s ability to file a notice of intent to seek the death penalty sufficiently in advance of trial to satisfy the reasonability standard of 18 U.S.C. § 3593(a); or

(D) A verdict and sentence are reached in a case in which the Attorney General has directed seeking the death penalty.

The victim's family must be notified of all final decisions regarding the death penalty.

[Updated June 2026]