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View this video to see what NM Repeal is doing now that the death penalty has been abolished in New Mexico.

Albuquerque, NM – The Governor signed legislation on March 18, 2009 to repeal the death penalty that will take effect July 1, 2009.  After 12 years, we are thrilled that we have abolished the death penalty in New Mexico, and want to honor our promise to the murder victim family members by getting the victims bills in this package passed.

In 2010, legislation will once again be advanced to serve the needs of victims, including bills that would protect employees when they must take time from work to attend court hearings or trials, support the education of children who have had a parent murdered, and increase funding to the NM Crime Victims Reparation Commission for services to families of murder victims.

We can’t thank our members and supporters enough – you tirelessly worked for repeal for many years, and we accomplished our goal thanks to your dedication.  Now let’s finish what we started and truly put victims’ families first in New Mexico!

NM Repeal is a statewide, grassroots coalition formed in 1997 by a concerned group of citizens that has now grown to over 4,000 individual members and 140 supporting organizations in 2009.  We worked to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico and replace it with life without parole.  Now we support legislation that would divert the millions of dollars wasted each year on the death penalty in New Mexico into programs for murder victims’ families.

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