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DEL.ICIO.USSenate passes more options for murder punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Life without parole could be an option for prosecutors, when it comes to aggravated murder cases.
Senate Bill 13, sponsored by Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome), passed the Senate by a vote of 54 to 0 today.
The bill allows district attorneys to seek life-without parole sentences in aggravated murder cases. Now, DAs can seek life without parole only when they pursue the death penalty or when a defendant had a prior violent felony conviction.
Supporters of S.B. 13 say it will spare DAs from mounting a costly death-penalty prosecution when they would otherwise agree to let the defendant spend the rest of his or her life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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