Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.

Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.

Section 13A-5-39 - Definitions.
Section 13A-5-40 - Capital offenses.
Section 13A-5-41 - Lesser included offenses.
Section 13A-5-42 - Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing.
Section 13A-5-43 - Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses; sentencing.
Section 13A-5-43.1 - Life imprisonment for certain crimes by persons under 18 years of age.
Section 13A-5-43.2 - Applicability of certain provisions to persons under 18 years of age.
Section 13A-5-44 - Jury selection and separation; waiver by defendant of jury participation in sentence hearing.
Section 13A-5-45 - Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence; burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
Section 13A-5-46 - Sentence hearing - Conducted before jury unless waived; trial jury to sit unless impossible or impracticable; separation of jury; instructions to jury; advisory verdicts; vote required; mistrial; waiver of right to advisory verdict.
Section 13A-5-47 - Determination of sentence by court; presentation of arguments on aggravating and mitigating circumstances; court to enter written findings.
Section 13A-5-47.1 - Application of provisions prohibiting court from overriding jury verdict in capital cases.
Section 13A-5-48 - Process of weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances defined.
Section 13A-5-49 - Aggravating circumstances.
Section 13A-5-50 - Consideration of aggravating circumstances in sentence determination.
Section 13A-5-51 - Mitigating circumstances - Generally.
Section 13A-5-52 - Mitigating circumstances - Inclusion of defendant's character, record, etc.
Section 13A-5-53 - Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review.
Section 13A-5-53.1 - Appeals of capital punishment.
Section 13A-5-54 - Appointment of experienced counsel for indigent defendants.
Section 13A-5-55 - Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review.
Section 13A-5-56 - Supreme Court to promulgate indictment forms, verdict forms and jury instructions.
Section 13A-5-57 - Application of article to conduct after effective date.
Section 13A-5-58 - Interpretation of article.
Section 13A-5-59 - Application of article upon finding of unconstitutionality.

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