<section number="76-3-206"><effdate>5/6/2026</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">345</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Capital felony -- Penalties.</catchline><subsection number="76-3-206(1)">An individual who has pled guilty to or been convicted of a capital felony shall be sentenced in accordance with this section and Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-3-207" start="0">76-3-207</xref>. </subsection><subsection number="76-3-206(2)"><subsection number="76-3-206(2)(a)">If the individual described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-3-206(1)" start="0">(1)</xref> was 18 years old or older at the time the offense was committed, the sentence shall be:<subsection number="76-3-206(2)(a)(i)">death;</subsection><subsection number="76-3-206(2)(a)(ii)">an indeterminate prison term of not less than 25 years and that may be for life; or</subsection><subsection number="76-3-206(2)(a)(iii)">on or after April 27, 1992, life in prison without parole.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="76-3-206(2)(b)">Subsections <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-3-206(2)(a)(i)" start="0">(2)(a)(i)</xref> and <xref depth="4" refnumber="76-3-206(2)(a)(iii)" start="0">(2)(a)(iii)</xref> do not apply if the individual was under 18 years old at the time the offense was committed and was sentenced on or after May 10, 2016.</subsection></subsection></section>