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| Lawmakers split on funding new execution chamber in Ely |
| By sfgate.com- Michelle Rindels |
| Published: 05/19/2015 |
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are torn on whether to spend $860,000 to build a new execution chamber at the remote Ely State Prison to replace one in Carson City that state officials have said is unusable. A joint Assembly and Senate budget subcommittee split a vote 5-5 on Monday on whether to recommend the construction project. Opponents said the renovation would be expensive and pointed out that there are no executions scheduled in the next two years. "For the moment, we don't have 860,000 extra dollars lying around ready to go," Republican Assemblyman Randy Kirner said. Read More. |
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