HB532 Alabama 2010 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Capital offenses, sentencing, reduction of sentence for first-time felony offender from life without possibility of parole to life with possibility of parole, under certain conditions, retroactive effect, Sec. 13A-5-57.1 added

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a person convicted of capital murder is sentenced to the term of life without the possibility of parole or death</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that if the person convicted of a capital offense was a first-time felony offender who had no prior felony convictions at the time of the capital offense and the defendant meets certain other requirements, the sentencing/presiding judge would be required to reduce the defendant's sentence from life without the possibility of parole to life with the possibility of parole</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for retroactive review of offenders sentenced prior to the effective date of this act</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to capital offenses; to add Section 13A-5-57.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to penalties for capital offenses; to provide for the reduction of the sentence of a first-time felony offender convicted of a capital offense who meets certain requirements from life without the possibility of parole to life with the possibility of parole; and to provide for retroactive review of offenders sentenced prior to the effective date of this act. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses