On the trial for any offense which may be punished capitally or by imprisonment in the penitentiary, it is a good cause of challenge by the state that the person would refuse to impose the death penalty regardless of the evidence produced or has a fixed opinion against penitentiary punishment or thinks that a conviction should not be had on circumstantial evidence, which cause of challenge may be proved by the oath of the person or by other evidence.
Ala. Code § 12-16-152
Challenges of Jurors for Cause - Additional Grounds for Challenge by State in Certain Cases.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 452 So. 2d 487 - Edwards v. State (1982)
Most recently applied in 452 So. 2d 487 - Edwards v. State (June 1982)
(Code 1852, §630; Code 1867, §4182; Code 1876, §4883; Code 1886, §4333; Code 1896, §5018; Code 1907, §7278; Code 1923, §8612; Code 1940, T. 30, §57.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.