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IN SB0301
Bill
Status
1/7/2019
Primary Sponsor
Lonnie Randolph
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AI Summary
- Abolishes the death penalty in Indiana and repeals all laws concerning imposition and execution of death sentences
- Commutes all existing death sentences to life imprisonment without parole for persons currently awaiting execution
- Allows defendants charged with murder where the state seeks life imprisonment without parole to petition the court claiming intellectual disability
- Defendants determined to have an intellectual disability who are convicted of murder may only receive a fixed term of imprisonment (45-65 years) rather than life without parole
- Effective immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Death sentence elimination and life imprisonment. Abolishes the death penalty. Repeals the law concerning the imposition and execution of death sentences and makes conforming amendments. Specifies that if a person was sentenced to death and is awaiting execution of the death sentence, the person's death sentence is commuted to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Provides that when a defendant is charged with a murder for which the state seeks a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, the defendant may file a petition alleging that the defendant is an individual with an intellectual disability. Provides that if a defendant who is determined to be an individual with an intellectual disability is convicted of murder, the court may sentence the defendant only to a fixed term of imprisonment. Makes technical corrections.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/7/2019