Abolishes the death penalty and specifies that any person sentenced to death must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole

HB 2623 abolishes the death penalty in Missouri by repealing all existing statutes that allowed for capital punishment. The bill mandates that anyone convicted of a crime previously punishable by death - such as first-degree murder - must instead receive a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. This change affects all individuals currently on death row or convicted of capital offenses under prior law. The bill replaces death penalty provisions with new sentencing rules that classify such offenses as class A felonies and eliminate the death penalty as a possible sentence.