SB 47

  • Kentucky Senate Bill
  • 2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 05, 2022
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Abstract

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 KRS 532.030, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.

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Jan 08, 2022

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Jan 05, 2022

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introduced in Senate

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