SB392 Summary

• Removes death as a potential punishment for capital offenses in Alabama, making life imprisonment without parole the only sentencing option.

• Amends Sections 13A-5-39, 13A-5-43, 13A-5-44, and 15-18-100 of the Alabama Code to eliminate references to death sentences and death penalty procedures.

• Repeals all statutory sections governing death penalty sentencing hearings, jury selection for capital cases, and execution procedures (Sections 13A-5-45 through 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-59, and 15-18-80 through 15-18-86).

• Commutes all existing death sentences imposed before the effective date of the act to life imprisonment without parole.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.