45-3-109. Execution of death sentence. A person who puts a person to death pursuant to a sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction is justified if he acts in accordance with the sentence pronounced and the law prescribing the procedure for execution of a death sentence.

     History: En. by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, ; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 411, L. 1983.