Massachusetts § 64 Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 64 — Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions

Massachusetts § 64

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, § 64 (2026).

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Section 64. The execution of a sentence of death may be stayed from time to time for stated periods by the supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, pending the final determination of any judicial question arising in or out of the case in which the sentence is imposed.

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