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title: 'New Hampshire Legislator to Introduce Repeal Bill'
description: 'On October 24, New Hampshire state representative Renny Cushing (pictured) will introduce a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty. In addition to a…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-hampshire-legislator-to-introduce-repeal-bill'
section: news
date: '2013-10-22T16:43:37-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:36:20-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! On October 24, **New Hampshire** state representative Renny Cushing (pictured) will introduce a bill to repeal the state's death penalty. In addition to a bi-partisan group of co-sponsors, Cushing will be joined by Judge Walter Murphy--a former chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court and chair of the New Hampshire Death Penalty Study Commission; Ray Dodge--a former police chief; Bishop Peter Libasci--of the Catholic Diocese of Manchester; and Nancy Filiault--a murder victim family member. Cushing, whose father was murdered in 1988, is also the Executive Director of [Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights](http://mvfhr.org/). In 2000, legislators voted to repeal the death penalty, but then-governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed the bill. In 2009, the House also passed a repeal bill. New Hampshire has not had an execution since 1939. New Hampshire's current governor, Maggie Hassan, has said she would sign a repeal bill.

(K. Stucker, "[Bill to Repeal NH Death Penalty to Soon Be Unveiled](https://patch.com/new-hampshire/amherst/renny-cushing-hampton-democrat-unveiling-bill-to-repeal-nh-death-penalty-amherst)," Amherst Patch, October 21, 2013). See **[Victims](/victims-and-death-penalty?did=573&scid=62)** and [**Recent Legislation**](/recent-legislative-activity?did=236&scid=40).