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AL HB273
Bill
Status
3/21/2019
Primary Sponsor
Merika Coleman-Evans
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AI Summary
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Impose a three-year moratorium on the imposition and execution of the death penalty in Alabama.
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Implement American Bar Association Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases during the moratorium period.
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Establish due process procedures to preserve and enhance state post-conviction relief in death sentence cases.
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Create procedures to eliminate racial discrimination in capital sentencing based on the race of the victim or defendant.
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Implement due process procedures to prevent the execution of persons with intellectual disabilities.
Legislative Description
Death penalty, moratorium on imposition and execution not to exceed three years, procedure for administering
Death Penalty
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
3/21/2019