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| Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute |
| By reviewjournal.com- Sean Whaley |
| Published: 04/13/2015 |
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CARSON CITY — Nevada has more than 80 men on death row but no suitable place to execute them should the state need to carry out capital punishment, a panel of lawmakers was told last week. So lawmakers again are being asked to fund a new execution chamber at Ely State Prison so Nevada can be prepared to carry out a lethal injection should a court order be issued. The facility in remote eastern Nevada is the state’s only maximum security prison. Greg Cox, director of the Department of Corrections, acknowledged in a budget hearing last week that no executions are in the offing. But if a court orders an execution, the agency would have only between 60 and 90 days to carry it out, he said. An execution potentially could be carried out at the now-decommissioned Nevada State Prison in the capital, but litigation over the use of the death chamber at the facility would be anticipated, he said. Read More. |
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