Article2. Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.


§ 13A-5-39. Definitions.
§ 13A-5-40. Capital offenses.
§ 13A-5-41. Lesser included offenses.
§ 13A-5-43. Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses; sentencing.
§ 13A-5-42. Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing.
§ 13A-5-44. Jury selection and separation; waiver by defendant of jury participation in sentence hearing.
§ 13A-5-45. Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence; burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
§ 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.
§ 13A-5-47. Determination of sentence by court; pre-sentence investigation report; presentation of arguments on aggravating and mitigating circumstances; court to enter written findings; court not bound by sentence recommended by jury.
§ 13A-5-48. Process of weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances defined.
§ 13A-5-49. Aggravating circumstances.
§ 13A-5-50. Consideration of aggravating circumstances in sentence determination.
§ 13A-5-51. Mitigating circumstances - Generally.
§ 13A-5-52. Mitigating circumstances - Inclusion of defendant's character, record, etc.
§ 13A-5-53. Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review.
§ 13A-5-54. Appointment of experienced counsel for indigent defendants.
§ 13A-5-55. Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review.
§ 13A-5-56. Supreme court to promulgate indictment forms, verdict forms and jury instructions.
§ 13A-5-57. Application of article to conduct after effective date.
§ 13A-5-58. Interpretation of article.
§ 13A-5-59. Application of article upon finding of unconstitutionality.