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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
A commission in Montgomery hears proposed changes to Alabama’s 1901 Constitution. The Associated Press reports commission vice chairman, Republican Rep. Paul DeMarco of Homewood, recommended Monday how prisoners with commuted sentences should be handled.
According to the AP, DeMarco suggested inserting language into the state constitution that would automatically sentence a defendant to life in prison without parole if the governor commutes their death sentence. In 1999, then-Gov. Fob James on one of his last days in office commuted the sentence of convicted murderer Judith Ann Neelley to life in prison but never defined if she would be eligible for parole.
The AP reports DeMarco wants to remove any doubt of what happens when a governor commutes a death sentence. Neelley is currently serving her sentence at Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka and is eligible for parole.
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Keywords: Alabama 1901 Constitution,Rep. Paul DeMarco,Homewood,Gov. Fob James,Judith Ann Neeley
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