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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.
Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.
Section 13A-5-43.1 - Life imprisonment for certain crimes by persons under 18 years of age.

Universal Citation:
AL Code § 13A-5-43.1 (2019)
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Section 13A-5-43.1Life imprisonment for certain crimes by persons under 18 years of age.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a defendant is found guilty of any non-homicide crime for which the only sentence provided by law is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and that defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense, the sentence shall be life imprisonment.

(Act 2016-360, §2.)
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