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title: 'New Mexico House Votes to Repeal Death Penalty'
description: 'The New Mexico House of Representatives voted February 11 to repeal the death penalty. After a more than two-hour debate, the House voted 40 to 28 in…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-mexico-house-votes-to-repeal-death-penalty'
section: news
date: '2009-02-12T22:20:28-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:26:02-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! The New Mexico House of Representatives voted February 11 to repeal the death penalty. After a more than two-hour debate, the House voted 40 to 28 in favor of replacing the death penalty with life in prison without parole. This is the third time in recent years New Mexico’s House of Representatives has voted to ban capital punishment. House Bill 285 will now move to the senate.

(S. Terrell, "[House Votes to Abolsih the Death Penalty,](http://www.cnjonline.com/articles/votes_32256___article.html/abolish_death.html)" The New Mexican, February 11, 2009). See [Recent Legislation](/recent-legislative-activity?did=236&scid=40).