AR SB1055

Amends Arkansas Code § 5-10-101(c)(1) to replace capital murder's punishment of "death" with "life imprisonment without parole"

Amends Arkansas Code § 5-51-201(c) to replace treason's punishment of "death" with "life imprisonment without parole"

Cites testimony that capital punishment in Arkansas costs $60,000 to $300,000 per case, not including mandatory constitutional appeals

References a study concluding racial disparities in death penalty application, with no white males convicted of capital murder receiving the death penalty while black men convicted of murdering white persons received it

Notes that 141 innocent persons have been sentenced to death nationally, including at least one in Arkansas with credible evidence of innocence