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Nevada Court Dismisses Order Blocking Use Of Execution Drug

Oct 29, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the argument over whether the state could use the drug midazolam to execute Scott Dozier.

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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 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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Nevada Death Row Inmate's Lawyers Say Rights Denied Again

Dec 07, 2018
RENO, Nev.
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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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Nevada Tells Court Nebraska Execution Had No Complications

Aug 16, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prison officials have told the Nevada Supreme Court that witnesses reported no complications during an execution in Nebraska that used some of the same drugs that Nevada wants to use to carry out a death penalty.
 
Nevada state attorneys, on
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Nevada High Court Gets Flurry Of Filings In Execution Case

Aug 14, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two drugmakers are asking the Nevada Supreme Court to let a state court judge hear arguments before justices hear an appeal about whether the state can use their products for an execution.

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Nevada Supreme Court Taking Up Execution Case

Aug 09, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has stepped in to decide whether drug companies can try to stop the state from using their medications in a twice-postponed lethal injection of a condemned inmate who wants to die.

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Nevada Death-Row Inmate: 'Just Get It Done'

Aug 09, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada death-row inmate whose execution has been postponed twice says the legal fight over his fate is taking a tortuous toll on him and his family and he wants his sentence carried out.

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15 States Side With Nevada In Drugmaker Delay Of Execution

Aug 07, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fifteen states are siding with Nevada as it fights drug companies battling the use of their products in an inmate's execution.

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Fentanyl Maker Joins Lawsuit To Block Nevada Execution Plan

Jul 30, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A maker of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl has joined a bid to block Nevada from using its product in the first execution in the state in more than 12 years.

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Nevada Argues Broad US Effect Of Drugmaker Execution Delay

Jul 27, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — State officials and death penalty experts say a court-ordered delay of Nevada's first execution in 12 years could have a ripple effect in some of the other 30 U.S. states with capital punishment.

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