Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title13A CRIMINAL CODE. |
Chapter5. PUNISHMENTS AND SENTENCES. |
Article2. Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole. |
§13A-5-52. Mitigating circumstances - Inclusion of defendant's character, record, etc.
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In addition to the mitigating circumstances specified in Section 13A-5-51, mitigating circumstances shall include any aspect of a defendant's character or record and any of the circumstances of the offense that the defendant offers as a basis for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of death, and any other relevant mitigating circumstance which the defendant offers as a basis for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of death.