ACLU-NM, advocates ask New Mexico governor to halt special session [Video]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — More than a dozen advocacy groups are calling on the governor to cancel the special legislative session planned for this month. The governor called the special session with a plan to address the state’s criminal code and the rules for determining competency to stand trial.

“What we’re calling on her to do is to scrap the plans for the special session and instead really use the time between now and the regular 60-day session to regroup, convene experts, community partners, people who are most impacted by these issues and to really come up with some solutions that will actually keep us safe,” said Daniel Williams, policing policy advocate at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico (ACLU-NM).

Holly Agajanian, the chief general counsel for the Office of the Governor, previously told lawmakersthat the idea for the special session is to do a “complete re-tooling” of the criminal competency system. Now, advocates are concerned that …