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Nevada ‘tough-on-crime’ bills could force Jean prison to reopen
By postpioneer.com
Published: 04/06/2015

CARSON CITY — Additional than 30 “tough-on-crime”-variety bills below consideration in the Legislature this year could finish up getting tough on the pocketbooks of Nevada taxpayers as well, to the tune of millions of scarce basic fund dollars.

Crime bills under consideration by lawmakers run the gamut from eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault to generating a new felony for operating a weaponized drone.

Others would prohibit the sale or transfer of ivory and ivory merchandise below specific circumstances and boost the term of imprisonment for leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death.

But they all have 1 issue in common: They all could result in a hit on the state budget by making additional prison inmates.

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