MO HB772

Abolishes the death penalty in Missouri, making life imprisonment without eligibility for probation, parole, or release (except by act of the governor) the maximum punishment for first-degree murder

Requires resentencing to life without parole for any person convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death prior to August 28, 2015

Repeals 18 existing statutory sections governing death penalty procedures, including execution methods (lethal gas or lethal injection), death warrant procedures, execution witness requirements, and Supreme Court review of death sentences

Removes provisions allowing the state to waive the death penalty and eliminates the two-stage trial process previously used when the death penalty was not waived

Eliminates the statutory list of 17 aggravating circumstances and 7 mitigating circumstances previously used to determine death penalty eligibility