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AL SB60
Bill
Status
3/3/2015
Primary Sponsor
Hank Sanders
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AI Summary
SB 60 Summary
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Removes death as a potential punishment for capital offenses in Alabama, making life imprisonment without parole the sole sentence available.
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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.
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Repeals 17 sections of Alabama law (Sections 13A-5-45 through 13A-5-53, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-59, and 15-18-80 through 15-18-86) that governed capital sentencing hearings and death penalty procedures.
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Commutes all existing death sentences imposed prior to the effective date to life imprisonment without parole.
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Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Death penalty repealed, Secs. 13A-5-39, 13A-5-43, 13A-5-44, 15-18-100 am'd; Secs. 13A-5-45 to 13A-5-53, inclusive, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-59, 15-18-80 to 15-18-86, inclusive, repealed
Death Penalty
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
3/3/2015