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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-53 Execution of death sentence; state executioner
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(1) The Governor shall appoint the State Executioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and until his successor shall have been duly appointed to replace him. (2) The State Executioner, or his duly authorized representative, shall supervise and inflict the punishment…
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-55 Execution of death sentence; procedure; witnesses; certificate of execution; disposition of body
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(1) Whenever any person shall be condemned to suffer death for any crime for which such person shall have been convicted in any court of any county of this state, such punishment shall be inflicted at 6:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter within the next twenty-four (24) ho…
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-57 Execution of death sentence; suspension of sentence when offender is pregnant or a person with mental illness
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(1) If the Commissioner of Corrections at any time is satisfied that any female offender in his custody under sentence of death is pregnant, he shall summon a physician to inquire into the pregnancy. The commissioner shall summons and swear all necessary witnesses and the commiss…
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-61 Cost of trial and/or execution of one committing crime within confines of penitentiary, or of inmate committing crime outside bounds of penitentiary
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The commissioner of corrections is hereby authorized and empowered to pay out of any available funds of the department of corrections all lawful costs, fees, and expenses and/or the costs of the execution of any person, not a legal resident of Sunflower County, Mississippi, who i…