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  6. SB266 Alabama 2021 Session

SB266 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
  • 4 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Rodger Smitherman
  • Arthur Orr
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Forensic DNA testing, provide for DNA testing in additional circumstances, provide for procedure, Sec. 15-18-200 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, only a petitioner convicted of capital murder may request forensic DNA testing of evidence from the investigation or trial

This bill would allow additional petitioners to request forensic DNA testing of evidence by expanding the list of eligible crimes

Under existing law, a court may grant a petitioner's request for DNA testing when the petitioner proves the testing would demonstrate the petitioner's factual innocence of the offense committed

This bill would require a petitioner to demonstrate by reasonable probability that he or she would not have been convicted or would have received a lesser sentence in order to get a court to grant a request for DNA testing

Under existing law, DNA testing is limited to previously untested evidence

This bill would allow DNA testing for previously untested evidence or previously tested evidence in order to gain more probative results

Relating to criminal procedure; to amend Section 15-18-200, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for requests for DNA testing of evidence by certain petitioners; to establish procedures and standards for granting a motion requesting DNA testing; and to provide retroactive testing under certain circumstances.

Subjects
Criminal Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 24, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Download SB266 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB266 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
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