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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-5-52: Mitigating Circumstances - Inclusion of Defendant’s Character, Record, Etc.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 5 Punishments and Sentences.
  3. Article 2 Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.

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.

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