Under existing law, a person convicted of capital murder is sentenced to either the term of life without the possibility of parole or death. A person also must be sentenced to a minimum term of life without the possibility of parole for certain non-homicide offenses.
This bill would provide that a person under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense convicted of a capital offense or certain non-capital offenses punishable by a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole, may, in the alternative, be sentenced to life imprisonment, in order to comply with recent United States Supreme Court decisions in Miller v. Alabama and Graham v. Florida.
Delivered to Governor at 3:10 p.m. on May 4, 2016.
Assigned Act No. 2016-360.
Clerk of the House Certification
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 968
Signature Requested
Third Reading Passed
Enrolled
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 735
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 734
Hill (J) Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 733
Holmes (A) motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 732
Judiciary Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature