CONCORD, N.H. —

The death penalty could be making a comeback in New Hampshire.

The legislature repealed capital punishment six years ago , but momentum is building among State House Republicans to reverse that decision next year.

In 2019, Kelly Ayotte, out of elected office, came to Concord to oppose a bill that would have prospectively repealed the death penalty.

She had prosecuted the state's only death row inmate, Michael Addison, while serving as attorney general. Addison was convicted of killing Manchester police officer Michael Briggs.

Ayotte said she felt it was important to tell lawmakers where she stood.

"It's the only piece of legislation, as a private citizen, that I came up and testified to the legislature before and asked them not to repeal the death penalty," she said

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