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New Mexico


State update

Link to the New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty

Good News! On March 18th, 2009 Governor Richardson signed the bill ending the death penalty in New Mexico!

The law abolishing the death penalty was not retroactive however and two men remain on death row.

Date death penalty abolished

March 18, 2009

How was the death penalty abolished?

Through legislation

Number of inmates on Federal Death Row who committed their crimes in New Mexico

0

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

4

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



There is no death penalty in this state.


Contact the SDPAC for New Mexico

Send a message to the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for New Mexico. Be sure to include your contact information so they can get back to you.

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