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Originally published Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 1:03 AM

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Facts about New Mexico's death penalty

Facts about New Mexico's death penalty:

SANTA FE, N.M. —

Facts about New Mexico's death penalty:

—The state took over responsibility for executions from counties in 1929.

—Since 1933, the state has executed nine men — seven by electrocution, one by gas, one by lethal injection.

—Terry Clark's execution in 2001 for the murder of 9-year-old Dena Lynn Gore was the first since 1960.

—There are two men on death row whose sentences are not impacted by repeal.

—The repeal caps a decade of effort by opponents of execution.

—The vote to repeal was 40-28 in the House and 24-18 in the Senate.

—The new life-without-parole sentence applies to crimes committed as of July 1.

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