SB128 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Capital defendant, execution of, elect to include by nitrogen hypoxia, capital defendant allowed to choose life without parole in-lieu-of a death sentence, Secs. 15-18-82, 15-18-82.1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a capital defendant may be executed by means of lethal injection or electrocution, upon the election of the defendant.

This bill would allow executions by means of nitrogen hypoxia if lethal injection is unavailable.

This bill would allow a capital defendant to elect to be executed by means of nitrogen hypoxia.

This bill would allow a capital defendant who has been sentenced to death to elect to serve a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

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Subjects

Execution