2.__Warden or designee.__The warden of the Maine State Prison or the warden's designee must be present at the execution.__The execution must be carried out at the time specified in the warrant or as soon as possible after the time specified in the warrant.

3.__Witnesses.__Twelve citizens selected by the warden of the Maine State Prison must witness the execution.__The Chief Medical Examiner or the medical examiner's designee must be present to certify the death of the convicted person.__Counsel for the convicted person and clergy requested by the convicted person may be present.__Representatives of the news media may be present under rules approved by the Commissioner of Corrections.__All other persons, except prison officers and guards, are excluded.__ Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

4.__Disposal of bodies.__The body of the executed person must be disposed of in the same manner as the bodies of inmates who die of natural causes in the Maine State Prison.

§1858.__Return of warrant of execution

After the death sentence is executed, the warden of the Maine State Prison shall return to the Governor the warrant and a signed statement of execution.__If the sentence is executed pursuant to a warrant issued by the Supreme Judicial Court, the warden shall return the warrant and the statement to the court and send an attested copy to the Governor.__The warden shall file an attested copy of the warrant and statement with the clerk of the court that imposed the sentence.

Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §2115, 2nd ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1965, c. 356, §63, is amended to read:

In an appeal from a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment for life or a sentence of death, if 3 justices concur, the judgment shall be is reversed and may be remanded for a new trial. In all other criminal cases, the judgment shall be is affirmed, unless a majority of the justices sitting and qualified to act in the case concur in its reversal.

Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §2131-A is enacted to read:

§2131-A.__Review of death sentence