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| Nevada audit: Seeking death penalty adds costs |
| By rgj.com- Michelle Rindels |
| Published: 12/04/2014 |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada auditors say a murder case in which a defendant is sentenced to die but not executed costs about $1.3 million, or about $532,000 more than a case in which prosecutors don’t seek capital punishment in the first place. The finding came in a report commissioned by the Legislature in 2013 and released Tuesday by the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s Audit Division. It was based on an analysis of 28 cases in Washoe and Clark counties that began between 2000 and 2012. Auditors said most of the additional costs come from the increased rigor of death penalty trials, which require two public defenders for indigent clients, more experienced lawyers and an automatic appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. Read More. |
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