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

HB 118 abolishes the death penalty for first-degree murder convictions in Missouri, requiring courts to sentence offenders to life imprisonment without parole instead. The bill directly affects individuals currently sentenced to death or convicted of first-degree murder, replacing the death penalty with a mandatory life sentence that includes no possibility of parole or release except through a governor's action. Key provisions include repealing existing death penalty statutes and mandating that all future first-degree murder convictions result in life without parole, while also converting existing death sentences to life imprisonment. The bill does not create new sentencing options but changes the mandatory penalty for this offense.