Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

HB 651 aims to abolish the death penalty by removing it as a sentencing option for capital crimes. The bill would directly affect individuals currently under a death sentence and future defendants convicted of capital offenses. Its key mechanism involves amending the state's criminal code to eliminate the death penalty and its legal procedures. This would end the state's use of capital punishment for all capital crimes, replacing it with life imprisonment without parole.