Alabama § 13A-5-52 Mitigating Circumstances - Inclusion of Defendant’s Character, Record, Etc

Alabama Statutes

§ 13A-5-52 — Mitigating Circumstances - Inclusion of Defendant’s Character, Record, Etc

Alabama § 13A-5-52

Title 13ACriminal Code

Ch. 5Punishments and Sentences

Art. 2Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole

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Ala. Code § 13A-5-52 (2026).

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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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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.