THANKS TO NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATS RECLAIMING THE STATE HOUSE IN LAST WEEK’S ELECTION, GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET THE DEATH PENALTY REINSTATED. STATE REP GAIL CHASEY … AN ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRAT … TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SHE THINKS THE EFFORT TO BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY WILL GET A COOL RECEPTION FROM DEMOCRATS … ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME REPUBLICANS USED THE ISSUE AS CAMPAIGN FODDER.
CHASEY SPONSORED THE 2009 BILL THAT GOT RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY. ALBUQUERQUE REPUBLICAN MONICA YOUNGBLOOD SAYS SHE WON’T GIVE UP ON A DEATH PENALTY RE-IMPOSITION MEASURE. SHE CO-SPONSORED THE BILL DURING THE RECENT SPECIAL SESSION.
