The state House will vote today on a bill that would allow prosecutors to seek life without parole sentences. Currently that's only possible if they first ask for the death penalty. The move comes after the Brian Nichols case, which cost the state millions of dollars because the prosecution had asked for the death penalty.
But the bill was sent back to committee before reaching the floor.
Republican House leaders were considering an amendment that would allow the death penalty if at least nine members of a jury agreed. But they decided against amending the bill.
