New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter...

New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter to the hundreds of people who wrote to him about the upcoming execution of Terry Clark, whose execution was decided for November 6. In the letter, Johnson, who campaigned as a supporter of the death penalty, said his mind was "not closed on the subject" of capital punishment, adding: I am of the opinion that swift and sure punishment deters crime. Currently, I do not believe that New Mexico's death penalty serves as an effective preventative measure because it is neither swift nor sure. Although I do not intend on declaring a moratorium on executions in New Mexico, eliminating the death penalty in the future may prove to be better public policy given the reality of the sentence today.