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SB222 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021
SB222 Alabama 2010 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2010
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Death penalty, persons under certain age exempt
Description

Under existing law, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the imposition of the death penalty on criminal defendants who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the capital offense.

This bill would prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any criminal defendant who was less than 18 years old at the time of the commission of the capital offense.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature