The Mission of the NM Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty

The death penalty has been repealed and replaced with true life without parole in New Mexico.  While monitoring and defending repeal, we will continue to educate the community about the death penalty and advocate for expanded services for the families of murder victims- the first such program in the country.

This legislation includes bills that would protect employees when they must take time from work to attend court hearings or trials, support the education of children who have had a parent murdered, and increase funding to the NM Crime Victims Reparation Commission for services to families of murder victims.

Recognizing the link between abolition of the death penalty and the necessary and often under funded services for victims’ families is part of NM Repeal’s Victims’ Families First Campaign.