KY SB63 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-05 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on January 4 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-05 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend various statutes to eliminate the term capital punishment and replace it with Class A felony; amend KRS 532.030 relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses to permit imprisonment for life without parole and imprisonment for life without parole for 25 years for offenses formerly denominated as capital offenses; amend KRS 532.050 to require a presentence investigation in all felony cases; amend KRS 533.010 relating to probation to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040 relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses to authorize imprisonment for life without benefit of parole for 25 years, but not life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a Class A felony which was formerly a capital offense; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
Title
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-01-05 | to Judiciary (S) | |
2012-01-04 | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB63.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB63/bill.doc |