HB532 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

James C. Fields

Democrat

Co-Sponsor

Lawrence McAdory

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

Under existing law, a person convicted of capital murder is sentenced to the term of life without the possibility of parole or death.

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.

This bill would provide for retroactive review of offenders sentenced prior to the effective date of this act.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses