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AL HR1026
Resolution
Status
Introduced
4/21/2010
Primary Sponsor
Merika Coleman-Evans
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AI Summary
- House Resolution expressing support for creating a Commission to Study A Moratorium on the Imposition of the Death Penalty
- Proposes a three-year moratorium on imposing or executing death sentences under Alabama Code Title 13, Chapter 5, Article 2
- Recommends establishment of a public defender pool for capital punishment cases to ensure consistent and fair application of the death penalty
- Calls for implementation of four procedures during the moratorium: American Bar Association Guidelines for counsel in death penalty cases, due process procedures for state post-conviction relief, elimination of racial discrimination in capital sentencing, and protection against executing persons with intellectual disabilities or those under age 18 at the time of offense
- Addresses concerns that capital punishment imposition is inconsistent throughout the state and that uniform criminal justice procedures would ensure fairness
Legislative Description
Death penalty, support expressed for creation of commission to study moratorium on death penalty, establishment of public defender pool for capital punishment cases recommended
Resolutions, Legislative
Last Action
Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules
4/21/2010
Committee Referrals
Rules4/21/2010
Full Bill Text
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