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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 16 - CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-23-105)
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-13-1002)
Article 11 - Imposition of Sentence (§§ 16-11-101 — 16-11-901)
Part 9 - REPEAL OF THE DEATH PENALTY (§ 16-11-901)
Section 16-11-901 - Death penalty repeal - applicability - current sentences

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 16-11-901 (2024)
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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.

Added by 2020 Ch. 61,§ 1, eff. 3/23/2020.

L. 2020: Entire part added, (SB 20-100), ch. 204, p. 204, § 1, effective March 23.

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