Section 4209 - Punishment for first-degree murder committed by adult offenders Punishment for first-degree murder. - Any person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the person had reached the person's eighteenth birthday shall be punished by imprisonment for the remainder of the person's natural life without benefit of probation or parole or any other reduction.
Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 433,s 1, eff. 9/26/2024.Amended by Laws 2023 , ch. 233, s 14, eff. 9/21/2023.Amended by Laws 2013 , ch. 37, s 2, eff. 6/4/2013.11 Del. C. 1953, § 4209; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 2; 59 Del. Laws, c. 284, § 2; 61 Del. Laws, c. 41, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 357, §1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 281, §1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 494, §4; 66 Del. Laws, c. 269, §29; 68 Del. Laws, c. 189, §§1 - 4; 69 Del. Laws, c. 206, §1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 439, §1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 33, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 182, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 430, § 2; 73 Del. Laws, c. 423, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 73 Del. Laws, c. 424, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 174, §§ 1, 2; 75 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 2; 78 Del. Laws, c. 224, §§ 20, 21; 78 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 10.;