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A total of 103 executions have been recorded in New Mexico: four during the Spanish Colonial era (1598–1821), none during the Mexican era (1821–1846), 51 during the Territorial era (1846–1913), 20 by the U.S. Military during the Taos Rebellion (1847), 27 between 1913 and 1960, when the death penalty was removed except for the murder of a police officer, and one since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated; it remained until March 18, 2009, when Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill abolishing capital punishment into law after many struggles with the issues in previous weeks. [1] Following this repeal, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White began a campaign to reinstate the practice by referendum.

Ninety-four of the executions were by hanging, seven by electrocution, one by the lethal gas, and one by lethal injection. Two of the hanged, "Black Jack" Ketchum in 1901 and Lucius Hightower in 1916, were accidentally decapitated by the noose due to their weight. The death sentences of five convicts were commuted by Governor Toney Anaya in 1986, on the eve of Thanksgiving.

The following is a list of the 28 executions carried out by the state of New Mexico since 1912.

#	Executed person	Date of execution	Method	Murder victim	Under Governor
1	Ivory Frazer	April 25, 1913, 4:52 AM	Hanging	A deputy sheriff (name unknown), Al Smithers	William C. McDonald
2	Francisco Granado	April 25, 1913, 4:52 AM		William S. Clark
3	Demecio Delgadillo	May 16, 1913, 5:09 AM		Soledad Zarrazino de Pino
4	Francisco Alvarez	June 9, 1916		24 people in the raid led by Pancho Villa on Columbus, New Mexico
5	Juan Sanchez	June 9, 1916
6	Taurino Garcia	June 30, 1916
7	Eusiero Renteria	June 30, 1916
8	Juan Castillo	June 30, 1916
9	Jose Rangel	June 30, 1916
10	Lucius Hightower	November 13, 1916		Mrs. Hightower
11	Julian Romero	April 11, 1918		Maria Varela de Jaure	Washington E. Lindsey
12	Elbert Blancett	July 20, 1920		Clyde D. Amour	Octaviano Larrazolo
13	Eleuterio Corral	January 20, 1922		Ventura Bencomo	Merritt C. Mechem
14	Rumaldo Losano	January 20, 1922		Ventura Bencomo
15	Luis Medrano	July 28, 1922		Anton Coury
16	Ysidero Miranda	July 28, 1922
17	Carlos Renteria	July 28, 1922
18	Steve Katonka	October 20, 1922		William Kelly, Sam Groy
19	Francisco Vaisa	April 6, 1923, 5:30 AM		Anton Coury	James F. Hinkle
20	Thomas Johnson	July 21, 1933, 12:38 AM	Electrocution	Angelina Jaramillo	Arthur Seligman
21	Santiago Garduno	July 21, 1933, 1:12 AM		Filemon Martinez	Arthur Seligman
22	Pedro Talamante	May 10, 1946, 12:10 AM		Mrs. Talamante	John J. Dempsey
23	Louis Young	June 13, 1947, 12:07 AM		Eloise Kennedy	Thomas J. Mabry
24	Arthur Fay Johnson	February 19, 1954, 12:09 AM		William Cabrel	Edwin L. Mechem
25	Frederick W. Heisler	October 29, 1954, 12:15 AM		John Gunnish	Edwin L. Mechem
26	James Larry Upton	February 12, 1956, 12:09 AM		Donald Dilley	John F. Simms
27	David Cooper Nelson	August 11, 1960, 12:20 AM	Lethal gas	Ralph Henderson Rainey	John Burroughs
28	Terry D. Clark	November 6, 2001, 7:10 PM	Lethal injection	Dena Lynn Gore	Gary Johnson