Section 64. The execution of a sentence of death may be stayed from time to time for stated periods by the supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, pending the final determination of any judicial question arising in or out of the case in which the sentence is imposed.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title II - Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Chapter 279 - Judgment and Execution
Section 1a - Suspension of Execution of Sentence; Probation; Child Support Payments
Section 2 - Suspension of Execution of Orders of Commitment to Massachusetts Reformatory, Etc.
Section 3a - Motion of District Attorney for Sentence
Section 4 - Imposition of Sentence; Stay of Execution
Section 4b - Notice to Victim of Sentencing Proceedings; Oral or Written Statements
Section 5 - Sentence if No Punishment Is Provided by Statute
Section 6 - Sentence to Jail or House of Correction
Section 7 - Sentence to Jail or House of Correction for Non-Payment of Fine
Section 8 - Commitments Upon Two or More Sentences
Section 8a - Determination of Time of Taking Effect of Sentence; ''from and After'' Sentence
Section 8b - Commission of Crime While Released on Personal Recognizance; Consecutive Sentence
Section 9 - Second Sentence for Non-Payment of Fine
Section 10 - Conditional Sentence
Section 11 - Punishment by Imprisonment Only or by Fine Only When Law Prescribes Both
Section 12 - Recognizance of Husband Convicted of Assault Upon Wife
Section 13 - Recognizance to Keep the Peace or to Be of Good Behavior
Section 14 - Recognizance; Filing; Proceedings on Breach of Condition
Section 15 - Sentence to Jail or House of Correction in Any County
Section 16 - Sentencing of Female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham
Section 19 - Place of Imprisonment of Females Convicted of Felony
Section 20 - Execution of Sentence of Imprisonment of Females Sentenced to Confinement at Hard Labor
Section 23 - Limitation of Sentences of Males to Jails or Houses of Correction
Section 25 - Punishment of Habitual Criminals
Section 26 - Further Sentence of Convict in State Prison
Section 30 - Vacation of Office From Time of Sentence to State Prison
Section 33a - Credit for Days of Confinement Awaiting and During Trial
Section 35 - Transmission of Complaint or Indictment to Correctional Institution
Section 36 - Sentences to State Farm
Section 37 - Setting Out Statutory Name of Crime in Warrant for Commitment
Section 38 - Powers of Sheriff or Constable in Execution of Warrant of Commitment
Section 39 - Return of Precept to Magistrate
Section 40 - Service of New Warrant of Commitment Upon Convict
Section 41 - Default of Corporation
Section 42 - Warrant of Distress to Compel Payment of Penalty or Assessment
Section 59 - Execution of Death Sentence; Time Constraints
Section 60 - Means of Execution of Death Sentence
Section 61 - Capital Crime Conviction; Imposition of Sentence; Insane and Pregnant Persons
Section 63 - Delay in Execution of Death Sentence; Consideration of Pardon
Section 64 - Judicial Stay of Execution of Death Sentence; Final Determination of Judicial Questions
Section 65 - Witnesses; Execution of Death Sentence
Section 66 - Execution of Death Sentence; Post Mortem Examination
Section 67 - Warrant for Execution of Death Sentence; Return to Clerk of Court After Execution
Section 69 - Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances in Death Penalty Cases
Section 70 - Death Penalty Imposed; Jury Findings Necessary
Section 71 - Review of Death Sentence; Remand; Reversal; Affirmation