(a) The clerk of the court in which is pronounced the sentence of death against any convict shall deliver a certified copy thereof to the Director of the Department of Correction as soon as may be after the sentence. (b) When a judgment of death is pronounced upon any person upon conviction of a capital […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Adult” means a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older; (2) “Close relative of the victim” means any of the following persons in relation to the victim for whose death a person is sentenced to death: (A) The spouse of the victim at the time […]
(a) The Director of the Division of Correction shall certify the fact of the execution of the condemned felon to the clerk of the court by which the sentence was pronounced, who shall file the certificate with the papers of the case and enter it upon the records of the case. (b) If the office […]
Upon application of a relative of the person executed, the body after execution may be returned to his or her address and at his or her cost.
(a) (1) Should the condemned felon, while in the custody of the Director of the Division of Correction, be granted a reprieve by the Governor or obtain a writ of error from the Supreme Court or should the execution of the sentence be stayed by any competent judicial proceeding, notice of the reprieve or writ […]
(a) Whenever a judgment of death has not been executed on the day appointed therefor by the court from any cause whatever, the Governor shall fix the day of execution by a warrant under his or her hand and seal of the state. (b) The warrant shall be obeyed by the Director of the Department […]
