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Fight the Return of the Death Penalty in New Mexico
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    1. The Governor of NM (+ 2 others)
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      • The Governor of NM
      • The NM State Senate
      • The NM State House
  2. Created By
    Joshua Alt
    Rio Rancho, NM
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Gov. Susana Martinez ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and a respect for life, yet soon after taking office she announced plans to reintroduce the death penalty in New Mexico. This is unacceptable.

The idea of reinstating the horrid practice of capital punishment, which New Mexico rightly abolished in 2009, is bad enough. But Gov. Martinez is preparing to reinstate this immoral, costly process at the expense of schools, with her proposed 2011 budget calling for cuts in education spending -- meaning the state will be spending taxpayer money on killing, instead of on colleges and universities.

Studies have shown that it costs much more to put a prisoner to death than to keep someone locked behind bars for life. Join me in urging Gov. Martinez and New Mexico lawmakers to stand up for our children and reject calls to reinstate the death penalty.

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Oppose the Return of the Death Penalty

Greetings,

I am writing to urge you to please help prevent the death penalty from ever returning to New Mexico.

I was appalled when Gov. Susana Martinez presented a plan of action that not only reinstates the horrid practice of capital punishment, but also aims to cut the budget for New Mexico's schools. This is a gross misuse of state funds that proposes wasting taxpayer money on a barbaric punishment that won't make us any safer.

I am asking you to take a stand against this regression. Studies out of California show that the death penalty costs millions of dollars more than the normal costs for confinement -- and to think, those funds could be coming at the expense of our schools.

Keep our money in education -- invest it back into the people. It should not be up to the state to decide who lives and dies. Take a stand.

[Your name]

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