0001|                           SENATE BILL 165
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            CISCO MCSORLEY
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CRIMINAL SENTENCING; REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT
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0012|     A PHYSICIAN ATTEND THE EXECUTION OF A PERSON SENTENCED TO A
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0013|     JUDGMENT OF DEATH; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 31-14-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1929,
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0017|     Chapter 69, Section 12) is amended to read:
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0018|          "31-14-15.  WHERE JUDGMENT <s>[MUST]</s> <u>SHALL</u> BE EXECUTED--
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0019|     WHO MAY BE PRESENT.--A judgment of death <s>[must]</s> <u>shall</u> be
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0020|     executed within the walls of the state penitentiary at Santa
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0021|     Fe, and such execution shall be under the supervision and
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0022|     direction of the warden of <s>[said]</s> <u>that</u> institution.  The
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0023|     warden of the state penitentiary <s>[must]</s> <u>shall</u> be present at
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0024|     the execution and <s>[must]</s> <u>shall</u> invite the presence of <s>[a
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<s></s>0025| <s>    physician]</s> the attorney general of the state and at least
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0001|     twelve reputable citizens, to be selected by <s>[him and]</s> <u>the
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<u></u>0002| <u>    warden</u>.  <s>[He]</s> <u>The warden</u> shall, at the request of the
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0003|     defendant, permit such ministers of the gospel, not exceeding
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0004|     two, as the defendant may name, and any person, relatives or
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0005|     friends, not to exceed five, to be present at the execution,
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0006|     together with such peace officers as he may think expedient, to
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0007|     witness the execution.  But no other persons than those
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0008|     mentioned in this section can be present at the execution nor
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0009|     can any person under age be allowed to witness the same."
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0010|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0011|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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