{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-64","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 64","heading":"Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions","body":"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.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 279"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter279/Section64","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"6d320bd0cef04f6f821ae8dd4dceabb2a6801919c67d9defc6ccd683f5ef9df6","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-63","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}