AL HJR66

Urges the Alabama legislature to declare a moratorium on capital punishment executions, citing moral concerns and systemic flaws in the death penalty system.

Notes that Alabama sentences more people to death per capita than any other state and was the last state to abolish judicial override, which it used more frequently than other states for death sentences.

Highlights that 80 percent of people on Alabama's death row did not receive unanimous jury verdicts and that over 160 death sentences have been invalidated by state and federal courts.

Cites that since 1976 Alabama has executed 73 people while exonerating 9, and identifies perjury, false accusations, and official misconduct as leading causes of wrongful death penalty convictions.

References that 23 states have abolished the death penalty, 6 additional states have gubernatorial holds on executions, and the federal government has declared a hold pending review of policies and procedures.