Karen Giannini voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Abolishing the Death Penalty
Signed by Governor Bill Richardson
Title: Abolishing the Death Penalty
Vote to pass a bill that removes the death penalty as a possible sentence for those convicted of first degree murder for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2009, and specifies that the offender be sentenced to either life imprisonment or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
- Specifies that a jury shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if they find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that one or more of the following aggravating circumstances exist (Sec. 3):
Title: Abolishing The Death Penalty
Vote to pass a bill that removes the death penalty as a possible sentence for those convicted of first degree murder for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2009, and specifies that the offender be sentenced to either life imprisonment or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
- Specifies that a jury shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if they find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that one or more of the following aggravating circumstances exist (Sec. 3):
Title: Abolishing The Death Penalty