Massachusetts § 63 Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 63 — Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon

Massachusetts § 63

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 279JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 63 (2026).

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Section 63. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may from time to time respite the execution of a sentence of death for stated periods so long as he may consider it necessary to afford him, with the advice and consent of the council, an opportunity to investigate and consider the facts of the case for the purpose of considering whether or not to pardon the prisoner.

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