| Year of Reenactment
(since 1972 suspension) |
1979 | |
| Year of First Execution
(since reenactment) |
2001 (volunteer) | |
| History
|
1880-1928: hanging |
|
| Current Method
|
Lethal injection | |
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New Mexico has life without parole. A jury decides the sentence. The Governor has the exclusive authority to grant clemency. The Governor may not grant reprieves indefinitely.
Terry Clark, who waived all appeals, became New Mexico's first and only execution on November 6, 2001. In 1986, Governor Toney Anaya commuted
the death sentences of all those on death row.
