S 0435 General Bill, By J.M. Waddell, Bryan, H.U. Fielding, Giese, J.C. Hayes and R.C. Shealy
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 16-3-23 so as to provide that a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to murder and is found to be mentally retarded must be sentenced to life imprisonment, define mentally retarded, and provide a procedure to determine mental retardation; and to amend Section 16-3-20, as amended, relating to the punishment for murder, so as to prohibit the execution of a person found to be mentally retarded.
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01/09/91	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-26
01/09/91	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-26