Ch. 110

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(II) IF THE ORIGINAL WARRANT OF EXECUTION HAS EXPIRED AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THE STATE POSTCONVICTION REVIEW PROCESS, THE JUDGE
WHO IMPOSED THE DEATH SENTENCE OR THE JUDGE THEN PRESIDING IN THE
TRIAL COURT IN WHICH THE SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED SHALL ISSUE ANOTHER
WARRANT OF EXECUTION AS PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

[(b)](C) If, after medical examination, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the
Governor that a female defendant, sentenced to the punishment of death, is pregnant, the
Governor shall revoke the warrant OF EXECUTION previously issued [for the execution
of the defendant]. As soon as the Governor is satisfied that such female defendant is no
longer pregnant, he shall issue forthwith his warrant OF EXECUTION appointing a
[week] 5-DAY PERIOD BEGINNING ON A MONDAY within which the sentence must be
executed.

[(c)] (D) The Governor shall have the power, in his discretion, to grant a stay for
any cause and, upon so doing, he shall issue an order revoking the warrant OF
EXECUTION theretofore issued. Thereafter, the sentence shall not be executed until the
Governor shall issue his warrant OF EXECUTION appointing a [week] 5-DAY PERIOD
BEGINNING ON A MONDAY within which the sentence must be executed.

[(d)](E) [When a warrant is revoked by an order of court or its execution is
stayed, the clerk of the court-by which the warrant is revoked, or the clerk of the court by
which the sentence was imposed in the case of an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals
or on certiorari in the Court of Appeals and the compliance with the requirements of
Title 12 of the Courts Article on appeals in criminal cases, shall notify the warden
forthwith, by telephone if necessary, that said warrant has been revoked or its execution
has been stayed, as the case may be, and shall transmit forthwith to the warden a
certificate that said warrant has been revoked or its execution stayed.] The Governor
shall notify the warden forthwith of the revocation of a warrant OF EXECUTION by him.

[(e)](F) Each warrant [for the execution of a person sentenced to suffer the
death penalty shall appoint a week] OF EXECUTION SHALL DESIGNATE A 5-DAY
PERIOD BEGINNING ON A MONDAY within which the sentence must be executed, and
shall command the warden to execute the sentence upon some day within the [week so
appointed] PERIOD SO DESIGNATED. The [week so appointed] PERIOD SO
DESIGNATED must begin not less than four (4) weeks and not more than eight (8) weeks
after the issuance of the warrant OF EXECUTION. The time of the execution within such
[week] PERIOD shall be left to the discretion of the warden of the Maryland
Penitentiary. No previous announcement of the day or hour of the execution shall be
made except to the persons who shall be invited or permitted to be present at the
execution, as hereinbefore provided.

75A.

(a) In this section, the following words have the meanings indicated:

(1) "Inmate" means an individual who has been convicted of murder and
sentenced to death; and

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