In addition to the mitigating circumstances specified in Section 13A-5-51, mitigating circumstances shall include any aspect of a defendant’s character or record and any of the circumstances of the offense that the defendant offers as a basis for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of death, and any other relevant mitigating circumstance which the defendant offers as a basis for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of death.
Ala. Code § 13A-5-52
Mitigating Circumstances - Inclusion of Defendant’s Character, Record, Etc.
Known as the Alabama Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 13A-10-1 to 13A-9-92 (653 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 519 So. 2d 565 - Musgrove v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Keith Edmund Gavin v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections (July 2022)
(Acts 1981, No. 81-178, §14.)
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Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.