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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 16-11-901: Death penalty repeal - applicability - current sentences.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 16 - CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
  2. Article 11 - Imposition of Sentence
  3. Part 9 - REPEAL OF THE DEATH PENALTY

For offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020, the death penalty is not a sentencing option for a defendant convicted of a class 1 felony in the state of Colorado. Nothing in this section commutes or alters the sentence of a defendant convicted of an offense charged prior to July 1, 2020. This section does not apply to a person currently serving a death sentence. Any death sentence in effect on July 1, 2020, is valid.

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