Under existing law, a capital defendant may be executed by lethal injection or electrocution, upon the election of the defendant.
This bill would allow a capital defendant to elect to be executed by firing squad.
Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
Judiciary first Amendment Offered
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
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 635
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 634
Pittman motion to Table adopted Roll Call 633
Figures Amendment Offered
Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 632
Judiciary first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature