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HB 640, 58th R.S.

Relating to abolishing the death penalty for capital offenses and substituting "life imprisonment with parole rights restricted" as the maximum punishment for crime in this state, and to define the restricted parole rights of persons receiving the herein-established maximum sentence for capital offenses.

Author: Joseph Charles "Whit" Whitfield, Jr.
Coauthor: Honore Ligarde | Ed J. Carpenter | Cecil Wilton Pearcy, Jr. | Chet Brooks

Subjects:
Crimes--Capital Punishment
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment

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