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Push To Ban Death Penalty Expected To Fail In Nevada

Apr 11, 2019
CARSON CITY (AP) — One Nevada lawmaker who backed a bill to end capital punishment said Wednesday that the measure is not expected to cross the finish line this legislative session.
 
Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo said the bill is likely to die in committee because
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Death penalty opponent Herve Deschamps holds a sign during a vigil outside St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis, hours before the 2014 scheduled execution of death row inmate Russell Bucklew.

Supreme Court Closely Divides On 'Cruel And Unusual' Death Penalty Case

Apr 01, 2019
A divided court ruled against a Missouri man who said that because of a rare medical condition, death by lethal injection would constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."
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Calif., Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an order on Wednesday imposing a moratorium on California's death penalty.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Suspends Death Penalty In California

Mar 12, 2019
California voters are the only ones who can repeal the death penalty, something they've rejected twice in recent elections. The Governor's moratorium will spare the lives of over 700 inmates.
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Vernon Madison was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a Mobile, Ala., police officer.

Executing Someone With Dementia Might Violate Constitution, Justices Say

Feb 28, 2019
A convicted murderer developed dementia while on Death Row. The Supreme Court blocked his execution for now, asking a lower court to determine whether the man understands why he is being put to death.
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Nevada Lawmakers Call For End To Death Penalty; Cite Costs, Stalls

Feb 20, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Democratic state lawmakers say costly appeals and the inability to carry out a lethal injection mean that Nevada should give up the death penalty.
 
State Sen.
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Death Of Inmate With Delayed Execution Confirmed As Suicide

Jan 14, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a twice-convicted murderer who declared that he wanted to die and became frustrated when his lethal injection was postponed by legal challenges has been confirmed as a suicide, authorities said Monday.
 
Scott Raymond Dozier, 48
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Apparent Suicide Of Nevada Death-Row Inmate Spurs Questions

Jan 08, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The apparent suicide of a Nevada death-row inmate who had tried several times to kill himself after his execution was postponed is sparking second-guessing about his treatment and the death penalty itself.

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Nevada death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier confers with Lori Teicher, a federal public defender involved in his case, during an appearance in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas on Aug. 17, 2017. Authorities say the 48-year-old Nevada death-row in

Nevada Death Row Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

Jan 07, 2019
Scott Dozier, 48, twice bypassed death by lethal injection against his own wishes. On Saturday afternoon he was found hanged from an air vent in his cell.
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Nevada Inmate Whose Execution Called Off Found Dead In Cell

Jan 07, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a 48-year-old Nevada death-row inmate who wanted for two years to die, but whose execution was postponed twice, has been found dead in his cell from an apparent hanging.

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State: Inmate Sought Deadly Drug On Death Row For Suicide

Dec 18, 2018
RENO, Nev.
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This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Public support for the death penalty has declined sharply in the past two decades, according to polls.

Florida Executes Inmate As Report Cites 'Continuing Erosion' Of Death Penalty

Dec 13, 2018
Both executions and death sentences have declined dramatically since their peak in the late 1990s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Nevada Death Row Inmate's Lawyers Say Rights Denied Again

Dec 07, 2018
RENO, Nev.
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"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is <em>not</em> attributed to random chance," the state's supreme court justices wrote in a majority opinion.

Washington State Strikes Down Death Penalty, Citing Racial Bias

Oct 11, 2018
"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the state's supreme court justices wrote in a majority opinion.
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Judge Bans Nevada Prison System From Using Drug In Execution

Oct 01, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge has banned the Nevada prison system from using its supply of a drug in the lethal injection of a convicted killer.
 
District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez wrote late Friday afternoon that Nevada prison officials obtained drug manufacture
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Nevada Judge Wants More Briefs In Drugs-For-Execution Case

Sep 20, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is focusing on whether federal product recall laws apply in a bid by drugmakers to block use of their products for a twice-postponed execution.

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Nevada High Court Cancels Oral Arguments In Execution Case

Sep 19, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has canceled plans for oral arguments this week on a state request to quickly decide whether a twice-delayed execution of a condemned inmate should go forward despite drugmakers' protests.
 
Chief Justice Michael Dou
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Nevada Judge To Decide Execution Drug Ban Case

Sep 18, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says she will need a few days to decide whether three drugmakers' products can be used in an execution the companies say they don't want any part of.

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Nevada Prisons Drug Buyer Knew Firms Opposed Execution Use

Sep 13, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's prisons pharmacy chief says she ordered and obtained lethal injection drugs this year despite knowing drug manufacturers didn't want their products used for executions.

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Drug Company Error Blamed For Death Penalty Drugs Being Sent To Nevada

Sep 12, 2018

Nevada's prisons director says a supplier's error led to the state’s acquisition of drugs for an upcoming execution.

State corrections department chief James Dzurenda said the error wasn't the state's fault, and so he felt no obligation to meet manufacturer demands to return the drugs.

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Nevada Top Doctor Has No US Medical License

Sep 12, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's top doctor isn't licensed to practice medicine in the United States.

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Nevada High Court Says Execution Doctor's Name Stays Secret

Sep 11, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that the name of the physician picked to attend a state inmate's execution can remain secret, even from drug makers suing to ban use of their products in the twice-postponed lethal injection.

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Judge OK's Sealing Name Of Nevada Execution Attending Doctor

Sep 04, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says she'll hold the name of the attending physician at the state's first lethal injection in 12 years under seal while she hears drug companies' challenges of personnel and procedures the state plans to use for a twice-postponed execution.
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Nevada High Court Resets Date, Place For Execution Arguments

Aug 29, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has reset the date and location for oral arguments in the stalled execution of a death-row inmate whose lethal injection is being challenged by pharmaceutical companies.
 
Court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said Tue
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State Judge Lets 3rd Drug Firm Enter Nevada Execution Case

Aug 21, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A third pharmaceutical company won a bid to join two other firms in Nevada state court hearings about the use of their drugs in a twice-postponed lethal injection of a convicted killer who says he wants to die.
 
A judge in Las Vegas on Tues
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Nevada High Court Sets Execution Drug Hearing

Aug 17, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court is scheduling fast-track oral arguments about the stalled execution of a death-row inmate whose lethal injection is being challenged by pharmaceutical companies that don't want their drugs used.

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