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New Mexico Political Report
Posted inNM Legislature, Quick Reads

Effort to reinstate death penalty dies quickly

New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009, and it is not coming back this year. A legislative committee on Saturday quashed a bill that would have reinstated capital punishment for the murders of children, police officers and correctional officers. The 3-2 party-line vote was no surprise, but it brought out some of the most visceral testimony […]