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
- Thomas Gladish, 1976
- Richard Greer, 1976
- Ronald Keine, 1976
- Clarence Smith, 1976
