Chapter 279 - Judgment and Execution

Section 1 - Suspension of Execution; Payment of Fine; Probation; Revocation of Suspension; Exceptions
Section 1a - Suspension of Execution of Sentence; Probation; Child Support Payments
Section 1b - Funds Collection and Disbursement; Single Point for Clerk-Magistrate and Probation Offices
Section 2 - Suspension of Execution of Orders of Commitment to Massachusetts Reformatory, Etc.
Section 3 - Arrest Without Warrant of Person on Probation; Notice of Surrender; Surrender Hearing; Warrant for Arrest of Persons Already Imprisoned; Application for Disposition; Temporary Custody
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 6a - Special Sentence of Imprisonment; Eligible Offenders; Revocation or Rescission of Special Sentence; Subsequent Crimes
Section 6b - Consideration of Defendant's Status as Primary Caregiver of Dependent Child Before Imposing Sentence
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 24 - Indeterminate Sentence to State Prison; Determination of Sentence for Offender Aged Fourteen Through Seventeen
Section 25 - Punishment of Habitual Criminals
Section 26 - Further Sentence of Convict in State Prison
Section 27 - Immediate Execution of Sentence to State Prison of Convict Sentenced to Jail or House of Correction
Section 30 - Vacation of Office From Time of Sentence to State Prison
Section 33a - Credit for Days of Confinement Awaiting and During Trial
Section 34 - Delivery to Sheriff of Certified Transcript From Minutes of Court of Conviction and Sentence; Execution of Sentence
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 57 - Death Sentence; Pronouncement or Revocation of Stay; Warrant of Conviction; Execution of Sentence; Certified Copy of Record to Governor
Section 58 - Death Sentence Confinement; Psychiatric Examination; Transfer or Failure to Transfer to General Prison Population; Appeal; Hearing; Annual Record Review; Court Order
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 62 - Delay in Execution of Death Sentence; Insanity or Pregnancy of Prisoner; Psychiatric Examination and Written Certification
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 68 - Special Jury Questions for First Degree Murder; Presentence Hearing Upon Conviction for Consideration of Death Penalty; Consideration by Jury of Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances; Determination by Jury; Sentence by Court; Validity of Conviction
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