SB368 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Capital punishment, mentally retarded defendant, procedures for court to determine, established, Sec. 13A-5-60 added
Description: Under existing law, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a capital murder defendant who is mentally retarded is not subject to the death sentence.
This bill would establish standards and procedures in death penalty cases for the trial court to determine whether a defendant is mentally retarded.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

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