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2020 Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 22 - Pardons, Paroles, and Probation.
Article 6 - The Scottsboro Boys Act.
Section 15-22-112 - Definitions.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 15-22-112 (2020)
Section 15-22-112
Definitions.
The following words shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this article:
(1) BOARD. State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(2) CANDIDATE. A person who is considered for a posthumous pardon.
(3) PETITION. A document signed by a petitioner requesting the posthumous pardon of a person.
(4) PETITIONER. A judge in the judicial circuit where the person was tried and convicted or the district attorney in the person's county of conviction.
(5) POSTHUMOUS PARDON. A pardon granted by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to certain deceased felons.
(Act 2013-81, p. 180, §3.)
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