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AL HB359
Bill
Status
2/27/2020
Primary Sponsor
Christopher England
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AI Summary
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Changes the requirement for recommending a death sentence in capital murder cases from a vote of at least 10 jurors to a unanimous vote of all jurors.
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Makes nonsubstantive technical revisions to Section 13A-5-46 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to update code language to current style.
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Maintains the requirement that a life imprisonment without parole verdict must be based on a majority vote of jurors.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
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Bill is excluded from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements regarding local expenditures because it defines or amends the definition of an existing crime.
Legislative Description
Sentencing, to require a unanimous vote by jurors to recommend a sentence of death in capital murder cases, Sec. 13A-5-46 am'd.
Capital Murder
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
2/27/2020