Repeal the repeal

Repeal the repeal is the name of a campaign pushed by Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White to reinstate the death penalty in the state of New Mexico following the repeal of capital punishment by the state legislature, signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on March 18, 2009.[1][2]

The organization

RepealTheRepeal is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose goal is reinstating the death penalty in New Mexico for "the most heinous crimes". RTR will try to achieve this goal through a multi-pronged approach.

RepealTheRepeal opened a website[3] and distributed a movie in favor of reinstating the death penalty.[4]

Objectives

This campaign had at least three specified objectives:[5]

In an interview on the Santa Fe Reporter, Darren White said he was opposed to the death penalty for crimes other than murder.[6]

Opinion poll

According to Public Opinion Strategies, 67% of the voters in New Mexico supported capital punishment for "the most heinous murders".[6]

Subsequent developments

In March 2011, two attempts to reinstate capital punishment failed in the New Mexico legislature. One bill would have reinstated the death penalty by statute; the other proposed an amendment to the state constitution which would have been put to New Mexico voters in 2012. Both proposals were voted down by a state House committee.[7]

See also

References

  1. "New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty!", Human Rights Now, Amnesty International, March 18, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. "Bernalillo County Sheriff Pushes To Keep The Death Penalty", KOAT Albuquerque, March 19, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  3. Repeal the Repeal.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  4. REPEAL THE REPEAL movie, Repealtherepeal.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  5. About RepealtheRepeal, Repealtherepeal.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "A Zeal for Repeal", Santa Fe Reporter, April 9, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  7. "Death penalty reinstatement dies in committee", New Mexico Independent, March 9, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
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