57 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 7 Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine
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Section 7. Whoever is convicted of a crime punishable by a fine, and is liable to imprisonment in the jail for its non-payment, may be sentenced to such imprisonment in the house of correction, or to confinement at hard labor either in the jail or house of correction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 70 Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary
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Section 70. Where, upon a trial by jury, a person is convicted of a crime which is punishable by death, a sentence of death shall not be imposed unless findings in accordance with section sixty-eight are made. Where such findings are made and the jury finds that the death penalty…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 71 Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation
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Section 71. In addition to review of the entire case pursuant to section thirty-three E of chapter two hundred and seventy-eight, the supreme judicial court shall review the sentence of death imposed pursuant to sections sixty-eight, sixty-nine and seventy of chapter two hundred …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8 Commitments upon two or more sentences
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Section 8. A convict upon whom two or more sentences to imprisonment are imposed may be fully committed upon all such sentences at the same time, and shall serve them in the order named in the mittimuses upon which he is committed; but when fine and imprisonment are named in one …