SB 73 DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING POLICE

Sen Craig Brandt

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 Senate Bill 73 (SB 73) reinstates the death penalty for murdering a peace officer. 
 

 Senate Bill 73 (SB 73) provides that a person must be sentenced to death if a jury finds that the victim: (1) was a peace officer who was acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty when murdered, or (2) was a peace officer who was not acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty, but the defendant targeted the victim because of their status as a peace officer. If the jury does not make one of these findings, the defendant must be sentenced to life in prison. 
The bill also corrects typographical errors. 
 

 Currently, the death penalty is not a sentencing option in New Mexico.  

 This bill relates to HB 77