| | | 1.__Execution.__A death sentence must be executed by lethal | | injection.__The warden of the Maine State Prison shall designate | | the executioner.__The warrant authorizing the execution must be | | read to the convicted person immediately before execution. |
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| | | 2.__Warden or designee.__The warden of the Maine State Prison | | or the warden's designee must be present at the execution.__The | | execution must be carried out at the time specified in the | | warrant or as soon as possible after the time specified in the | | warrant. |
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| | | 3.__Witnesses.__Twelve citizens selected by the warden of the | | Maine State Prison must witness the execution.__The Chief Medical | | Examiner or the medical examiner's designee must be present to | | certify the death of the convicted person.__Counsel for the | | convicted person and clergy requested by the convicted person may | | be present.__Representatives of the news media may be present | | under rules approved by the Commissioner of Corrections.__All | | other persons, except prison officers and guards, are excluded.__ | | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical | | rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | 4.__Disposal of bodies.__The body of the executed person must | | be disposed of in the same manner as the bodies of inmates who | | die of natural causes in the Maine State Prison. |
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| | | §1858.__Return of warrant of execution |
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| | | After the death sentence is executed, the warden of the Maine | | State Prison shall return to the Governor the warrant and a | | signed statement of execution.__If the sentence is executed | | pursuant to a warrant issued by the Supreme Judicial Court, the | | warden shall return the warrant and the statement to the court | | and send an attested copy to the Governor.__The warden shall file | | an attested copy of the warrant and statement with the clerk of | | the court that imposed the sentence. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §2115, 2nd ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1965, c. | | 356, §63, is amended to read: |
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| | | In an appeal from a judgment imposing a sentence of | | imprisonment for life or a sentence of death, if 3 justices | concur, the judgment shall be | a new trial. In all other criminal cases, the judgment shall be | | is affirmed, unless a majority of the justices sitting and | | qualified to act in the case concur in its reversal. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §2131-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2131-A.__Review of death sentence |
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