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Objections to House Speaker Don Tripp’s decision to hear a bill to reinstate the death penalty after midnight on Thursday morning, with no notice to the pubic, fell on deaf ears. Continue Reading
Members of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 8-6 along party lines to send the capital punishment legislation to a vote of the full 70-member House of Representatives. Continue Reading
The measure goes next to the state Senate, but it faces an uphill climb. Continue Reading
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill Saturday allowing judges to sentence anyone convicted of intentional child abuse resulting in death to life in prison, which in New Mexico is 30 years. Continue Reading
Even as crime bills moved forward, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee worked to steer debate back to the state’s finances. Continue Reading
State Corrections Department officials told the Legislative Finance Committee on Thursday they will be hard-pressed to make it through the current fiscal year without more money. Continue Reading
Lawmakers were still searching Thursday for hundreds of millions of dollars to balance New Mexico’s budget. Continue Reading
The only plan with any substance has been put forth by the Rio Grande Foundation. Continue Reading
Saying she’s tired of political games, Gov. Susana Martinez announced Wednesday evening that she will call lawmakers to Santa Fe on Friday to address the state’s budget shortfall and consider three crime-related bills. Continue Reading
We as a society lower ourselves to the level of killers when we perpetuate legal killing. Continue Reading
Police officers would much rather resolve a situation peacefully, but unfortunately they are sometimes put into a position by a suspect who affords them no other option but to use deadly force. Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday called for a review of its current policy of detaining undocumented immigrants in private, for-profit facilities. Continue Reading
It’s so important to share our stories and listen to others. Continue Reading
I believe New Mexico has a model system in place. I’m not convinced that a national standard could enhance the level of professionalism. Continue Reading
Under federal law, checkpoints are legal. But officers do have limits in what they can ask you. Continue Reading