Sec. 54-99. Period within which death penalty inflicted.
Sec. 54-99. Period within which death penalty inflicted. Unless a reprieve or
stay of execution is granted by competent authority, the penalty of death shall be inflicted
within a period of not less than one month nor more than six months after conviction
and sentence. All executions of the death penalty shall take place according to the provisions of this section and section 54-100 on the day, or within five days after the day,
designated by the judge passing sentence.
(1949 Rev., S. 8815.)
Cited. 121 C. 197.