HB32 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Capital cases, sentencing, court prohibited from overriding jury verdict, unanimous vote of jury to recommend death, Secs. 13A-5-45, 13A-5-46, 13A-5-47 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, in a capital case, the jury may recommend to the court the sentence of a person convicted of a capital offense, but the court is not required to accept the jury's recommendation. Also under existing law, the decision of a jury to recommend a sentence of death is required to be based on a vote of at least 10 jurors</p><p class="bill_description"> The bill would require a verdict of death to be based on a unanimous vote of the jury and would prohibit a court from overriding a verdict by a jury in a capital case</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 13A-5-45, 13A-5-46, and 13A-5-47, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to capital cases and to the determination of the sentence by courts; to require a verdict of death to be based on a unanimous vote of the jury; and to prohibit a court from overriding a jury verdict. </p>

Subjects

Criminal Law and Procedure