| | | 4.__Determination of sanity.__When a person under sentence of | | death has been committed to a state mental health institute, the | | person must be kept there until the proper official of the | | institute determines that the person is restored to sanity.__The | | institute official shall notify the Governor of the official's | | determination and the Governor shall appoint another commission | | to proceed as provided in subsection 1. |
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| | | 5.__Fees for psychiatrists.__The Governor shall allow | | reasonable fees for psychiatrists appointed under this section.__ | | The State shall pay the fees. |
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| | | §1855.__Proceedings when person sentenced to death appears |
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| | | 1.__Examination by physician.__When the Governor is informed | | that a person under sentence of death may be pregnant, the | | Governor shall stay execution of the sentence and appoint a | | qualified physician to examine the convicted person and determine | | if the convicted person is pregnant. |
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| | | 2.__Issuance of warrant after report of physician.__After | | receiving the report of the physician, if the Governor determines | | that the convicted person is not pregnant, the Governor shall | | issue a warrant to the warden of the Maine State Prison directing | | the warden to execute the sentence at a time designated in the | | warrant. |
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| | | 3.__Issuance of warrant when convicted person is no longer | | pregnant.__If the Governor determines that a convicted person | | whose execution is stayed because of pregnancy is no longer | | pregnant, the Governor shall issue a warrant to the warden of the | | Maine State Prison directing the warden to execute the sentence | | at a time designated in the warrant. |
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| | | 4.__Fee for physician.__The Governor shall allow a reasonable | | fee for the physician appointed under this section. The State | | shall pay the fee. |
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| | | §1856.__Unjustifiable failure to execute sentence of death |
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| | | If a death sentence is not executed because of an unjustified | | failure of the Governor to issue a warrant or for any other | | unjustifiable reason, the Supreme Judicial Court, upon | | application by the Attorney General, shall issue a warrant | | directing the warden of the Maine State Prison to execute the | | sentence at a time specified in the warrant. |
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| | | §1857.__Execution of death sentence |
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