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| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES. However, this state will need to redefine its definition of mental retardation to conform to the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to execute persons with an IQ of less than 70. |
| Life
Without Parole: |
NO |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
18 |
| Number
on Death Row: |
3 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
1 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
2 white (67%), 1 Latino/a (33%) |
| Race
of Victims: |
100% white |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
45% white, 42% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 2% black, 1% Asian |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
YES (4)—Thomas Gladish, Richard Greer, Ronald Keine, and Clarence Smith all served 2 years on death row before being exonerated in 1976. |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
Not included in study |
| Murder
Rate: |
9.8 per 100,000 |
| Governor: |
Bill Richardson, (Democrat),
|
| Presidential
Vote: |
Gore 48%, Bush 48%, Nader 4% (Gore won by 366 votes out of approximately 600,000) |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Unknown |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
City of Santa Fe (abolition)
Caparnaum (Cuba)
Center for Economic Justice (Albuquerque)
Coalition for Prisoner's Rights (Santa Fe)
Cultural Images (Sante Fe)
Prevent Child Abuse Santa Fe (Santa Fe)
|
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of New Mexico
P.O. Box 80915
Albuquerque, NM 87198
Peter Simonson-contact
505-266-5915-(day)
505-266-5916-(fax)
[email protected]
www.aclunm.org
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Lois Pribble-contact
505-766-9198-(phone)
[email protected]
Coalition for Prisoners' Rights*
P.O. Box 1911
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Mara Taub-contact
505-982-9520-(day)
505-982-9520-(fax)
Susan Gibbs
P.O. Box 4811
Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-473-4413--(day)
[email protected]
New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 8552
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Cathy Ansheles-contact
505-986-9536--(day)
505-989-6288--(fax)
[email protected]
www.nmrepeal.com
Office of the Public Defender Committee to Stop Executions
[email protected] |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has the exclusive authority to grant clemency. The Governor
may not grant reprieves indefinitely. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
