Governor only to reprieve
Source:
Section 655 — Governor only to reprieve, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/COR/655 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).
650
Warrant for execution of death sentence 651
Time of execution 652
Delivery of warrant and confinement 653
Transmittal of record to the governor 654
Governor may consult 655
Governor only to reprieve 656
Proceeding when person under sentence of death may be incompetent 657
Proceeding when person under sentence of death is pregnant 658
Death penalty inflicted by lethal injection 659
Facility 660
Persons authorized to be present at execution 661
Examination of convicted person’s body and certificate 662
Disposition of body
Warrant for execution of death sentence 651
Time of execution 652
Delivery of warrant and confinement 653
Transmittal of record to the governor 654
Governor may consult 655
Governor only to reprieve 656
Proceeding when person under sentence of death may be incompetent 657
Proceeding when person under sentence of death is pregnant 658
Death penalty inflicted by lethal injection 659
Facility 660
Persons authorized to be present at execution 661
Examination of convicted person’s body and certificate 662
Disposition of body
