PJM 772Chapter XXIX · Prisoners Condemned to Death
Section 772 · Delay in carrying out a death sentence
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- Should any delay occur in executing a sentence of death, other than that arising from the submission of a petition for mercy, the Superintendent shall forthwith report the circumstances to the Sessions Judge and return the original warrant either for the issue of a new one or for the endorsement upon the same warrant of an order fixing another date for the execution.
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