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AL SB152
Bill
Status
2/9/2016
Primary Sponsor
Hank Sanders
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AI Summary
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Removes death as a potential sentence for capital offenses in Alabama, making life imprisonment without parole the only punishment option.
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Repeals multiple statutory sections governing death penalty procedures, including provisions related to sentencing hearings, jury selection, and aggravating/mitigating circumstances.
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Commutes all existing death sentences imposed before the effective date to life imprisonment without parole.
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Applies retroactively to death sentences imposed both before and after the bill's effective date.
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Becomes effective 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Death penalty repealed, Secs. 13A-5-39, 13A-5-43, 13A-5-44, 15-18-100 am'd; Secs. 13A-5-45 to 13A-5-53, inclusive, 13A-5-55, 13A-5-59, 15-18-80 to 15-18-86, inclusive, repealed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
2/9/2016