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SB119 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
SB119 Alabama 2018 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2018
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
Death penalty, persons under certain age exempt
Description

Under existing law, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the imposition of the death penalty on criminal defendants who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the capital offense.

This bill would prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any criminal defendant who was less than 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the capital offense.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

S

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

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature