SB 32 - Under current law, the punishment for first degree murder is either life imprisonment without eligibility for parole or death. This act repeals the punishment of the death penalty for first degree murder. In addition, this act provides that any person sentenced to death before August 28, 2019, must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
This act is identical to SB 595 (2018) and SB 277 (2017), substantially similar to SB 816 (2016) and SB 447 (2015) and similar to HB 135 (2017), HB 129 (2017), HB 772 (2015), SB 775 (2014), SB 247 (2013), and HB 1250 (2012).
CHARLEY MERRIWEATHER