SB155 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Capital punishment, intellectual disability 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 an individual with an intellectual disability 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 an individual with an intellectual disability.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

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