Capital punishment in Nevada: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 02:54, 27 December 2024

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Nevada.

There have been no executions in Nevada since 2006, in part because of a shortage of drugs used in executions by lethal injection. In April 2021, the Nevada Assembly passed a bill that would have repealed the capital punishment statute. However, the state senate did not act on the matter after Governor Steve Sisolak said that he believes some crimes deserve the death penalty, suggesting that he would veto the bill.^[1] The last person executed in the state was convicted murderer Daryl Mack.^[2]

Early history

The first recorded execution in the area that is now Nevada was the hanging of John Carr for murdering Bernhard Cherry of Carson City on November 30, 1860, and the first recorded legal execution in the Nevada Territory was the hanging of Allen Milstead outside Dayton for killing Lyon County Commissioner T. Varney at Ragtown. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 12 people have been executed by the state. The most recent execution was in 2006, when Daryl Mack was executed for murder. As of June 2024, There are 51 people on death row in Nevada prisons.^[3]^[4]

Elizabeth Potts, who was hanged in 1890, was the only woman legally executed in the state, alongside her husband Josiah Potts, for the murder and partial dismemberment of Miles Faucett.^[5]

Hanging was the method prescribed by law from 1860 to 1921. The venue of executions moved from the counties to Nevada State Prison in 1903. In response to Mormon preferences,^[6] the Nevada State Legislature passed a statute in 1910 that became effective in January 1911,^[7] allowing condemned prisoners to choose between execution by shooting or hanging.^[8] On May 14, 1913, Andriza Mircovich became the only inmate in Nevada to be executed by shooting.^[9] After the warden of Nevada State Prison was unable to find five men to form a firing squad,^[10] a shooting machine was built to carry out Mircovich's execution.^[11] A law in 1921 made the gas chamber the sole means of execution. It was used from the 1924 execution of Gee Jon to the 1979 execution of Jesse Bishop, both at Nevada State Prison. A total of 32 men were executed by gas chamber in Nevada between this time. Lethal injection became the sole method of execution in Nevada by 1985, starting with the execution of 47 year old Carroll Edward Cole.^[12]

The use of cyanide gas in Nevada was used as a plot device in the short story "Nevada Gas" by Raymond Chandler.^[13]

Legal process

When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous.

In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, the judge has discretion to order a retrial or impose a life sentence.^[14]

Under the Nevada Constitution, clemency can be granted by the governor of Nevada with advice and consent of a board on which he sits, and also includes justices of the state supreme court and the state attorney general.^[15]

Lethal injection is the only method of execution in Nevada.^[16]

Capital crimes

First degree murder can be punished by death if it involves one of the following aggravating factors:^[17]

The murder was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment.
The murder was committed by a person who, at any time before a penalty hearing is conducted for the murder, is or has been convicted of:
- Another murder and the provisions of subsection 12 do not otherwise apply to that other murder; or
- A felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person of another and the provisions of subsection 4 do not otherwise apply to that felony.
The murder was committed by a person who knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action which would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person.
The murder was committed while the person was engaged, alone or with others, in the commission of, or an attempt to commit or flight after committing or attempting to commit, any robbery, arson in the first degree, burglary, invasion of the home or kidnapping in the first degree, and the person charged:
- Killed or attempted to kill the person murdered; or
- Knew or had reason to know that life would be taken or lethal force used.
The murder was committed to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest or to effect an escape from custody.
The murder was committed by a person, for himself or another, to receive money or any other thing of monetary value.
The murder was committed upon a peace officer or firefighter who was killed while engaged in the performance of his official duty or because of an act performed in his official capacity, and the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the victim was a peace officer or firefighter. For the purposes of this subsection, "peace officer" means.
The murder involved torture or the mutilation of the victim.
The murder was committed upon one or more persons at random and without apparent motive.
The murder was committed upon a person less than 14 years of age.
The murder was committed upon a person because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation of that person.
The defendant has, in the immediate proceeding, been convicted of more than one offense of murder in the first or second degree. For the purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to have been convicted of a murder at the time the jury verdict of guilt is rendered or upon pronouncement of guilt by a judge or judges sitting without a jury.
The person, alone or with others, subjected or attempted to subject the victim of the murder to nonconsensual sexual penetration immediately before, during or immediately after the commission of the murder.
The murder was committed on the property of a public or private school, at an activity sponsored by a public or private school or on a school bus while the bus was engaged in its official duties by a person who intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person.
The murder was committed with the intent to commit, cause, aid, further or conceal an act of terrorism.

Death row

The men's death row in Nevada is located at High Desert State Prison.^[18] The death row for women is in the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (previously Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center).^[19]

The execution chamber, which opened in 2016, is located at Ely State Prison.^[20] Prior to 2016, executions by the state of Nevada were still designated to be carried out in the former gas chamber at the otherwise closed Nevada State Prison.^[21] Due to a lack of elevator access, this former gas chamber was not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Greg Cox, the director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, stated that he anticipated a legal challenge to carrying out the execution there if an execution date is set. That, and the inconvenience of re-opening the prison to conduct an execution at the only place the law allowed, led to the construction of the new execution chamber at Ely and the amendment of the law, making it the new sole place for executions. There was some local humor about the old place of execution being closed because it was unsafe.^[22]

References

^ Schulberg, Jessica (May 13, 2021). "Nevada Democrats Squander Opportunity To End Death Penalty". HuffPost. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
^ Ritter, Ken (May 7, 2021). "Possible Nevada execution date being pushed to late July". Associated Press. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
^ Murphy, Vanessa. "Nevada death row inmate commits suicide in Ely State Prison". KLAS-TV.
^ "Department Organization Death Penalty". doc.nv.gov.
^ Rutter, Michael (1 June 2008). Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Old West. Farcountry Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-56037-462-6. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ Christianson, Scott (2010). The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber. University of California Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780520255623. Retrieved November 3, 2010. Andriza Mircovich.
^ "To Be Shot To Death". The Montreal Gazette. June 17, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^ Rocha, Guy Louis. "An Outline of Capital Punishment in Nevada". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^ "Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files: Andriza Mircovich". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^ "No One To Shoot Murderer" (PDF). The New York Times. August 12, 1912. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^ Cafferata, Patty (June 2010). "Capital Punishment Nevada Style". Nevada Lawyer. State Bar of Nevada. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^ Myers, Laura (December 6, 1985). "Last-minute stay rejected; silent protest outside prison". Reno Gazette-Journal. pp. 1A, 9A.
^ http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__nevada_gas__en.htm ,Nevada Gas, by Raymond Chandler, retrieved 4 September 2017
^ "NRS 175.556 - Procedure when jury unable to reach unanimous verdict". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
^ "Nevada Constitution - Sec. 14". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
^ "NRS 176.355 - Execution of death penalty: Method; time and place; witnesses". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
^ Nevada Revised Statutes § 200.033
^ [1]
^ "Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison Archived September 4, 2012, at archive.today." Associated Press at North County Times. January 31, 2005. Retrieved on September 5, 2010. See page in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 31, 2005, p. 10. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Pearce, Ed (2016-11-29). "Nevada's new death chamber will sit unused for some time". KOLO-TV. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
^ "NDOC: Organization". Nevada Department of Corrections. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
^ Whaley, Sean. "Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute" (Archive). Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 11, 2015. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.

External links

[1] Schulberg, Jessica (May 13, 2021). "Nevada Democrats Squander Opportunity To End Death Penalty". HuffPost. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

[2] Ritter, Ken (May 7, 2021). "Possible Nevada execution date being pushed to late July". Associated Press. Retrieved May 8, 2021.

[3] Murphy, Vanessa. "Nevada death row inmate commits suicide in Ely State Prison". KLAS-TV.

[docnv-4] "Department Organization Death Penalty". doc.nv.gov.

[Rutter2008-5] Rutter, Michael (1 June 2008). Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Old West. Farcountry Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-56037-462-6. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[TheLastGasp-2010-6] Christianson, Scott (2010). The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber. University of California Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780520255623. Retrieved November 3, 2010. Andriza Mircovich.

[MontrealGazette-19120617-shot-7] "To Be Shot To Death". The Montreal Gazette. June 17, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

[NSLA-Outline-8] Rocha, Guy Louis. "An Outline of Capital Punishment in Nevada". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.

[NSLA-Mircovich-9] "Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files: Andriza Mircovich". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.

[NYTimes-19120812-shoot-10] "No One To Shoot Murderer" (PDF). The New York Times. August 12, 1912. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

[NevadaLawyer-201006-style-11] Cafferata, Patty (June 2010). "Capital Punishment Nevada Style". Nevada Lawyer. State Bar of Nevada. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.

[12] Myers, Laura (December 6, 1985). "Last-minute stay rejected; silent protest outside prison". Reno Gazette-Journal. pp. 1A, 9A.

[13] ttp://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__nevada_gas__en.htm ,Nevada Gas, by Raymond Chandler, retrieved 4 September 2017

[14] "NRS 175.556 - Procedure when jury unable to reach unanimous verdict". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[15] "Nevada Constitution - Sec. 14". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[16] "NRS 176.355 - Execution of death penalty: Method; time and place; witnesses". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[17] Nevada Revised Statutes § 200.033

[NDOC-HDSP-18] [1]

[19] "Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison Archived September 4, 2012, at archive.today." Associated Press at North County Times. January 31, 2005. Retrieved on September 5, 2010. See page in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 31, 2005, p. 10. ^{[dead link‍]}

[Pearcedr-20] Pearce, Ed (2016-11-29). "Nevada's new death chamber will sit unused for some time". KOLO-TV. Retrieved 2017-04-23.

[NDOC-Organization-21] "NDOC: Organization". Nevada Department of Corrections. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

[Whaley-22] Whaley, Sean. "Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute" (Archive). Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 11, 2015. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
+{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
+[[File:Ely State Prison USGS.jpg|thumb|[[Ely State Prison]], where all condemned inmates are executed.]]
 '''[[Capital punishment]]''' is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of '''[[Nevada]]'''.
-Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Nevada since 2006. In April 2021, the [[Nevada Assembly]] passed a bill to abolish the death penalty in Nevada. However, Governor [[Steve Sisolak]], a Democrat, said he would not sign the bill, because he believes some crimes deserve the death penalty.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schulberg|first=Jessica|date=May 13, 2021|title=Nevada Democrats Squander Opportunity To End Death Penalty|work=[[HuffPost]]|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nevada-death-penalty-abolition-bill-stalls_n_609d8d71e4b099ba7534aeb2|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref> According to a poll, 46 percent of Nevadans support the death penalty, while 49 percent oppose it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stephenson|first=Sarah Kimball|date=April 14, 2021|title=Nevada Assembly approves death penalty abolition bill|work=[[JURIST]]|url=https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/04/nevada-assembly-approves-death-penalty-abolition-bill/|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref> The last person executed in the state was convicted murderer [[Daryl Mack]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ritter|first=Ken|date=May 7, 2021|title=Possible Nevada execution date being pushed to late July|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/nevada-executions-las-vegas-mass-shooting-government-and-politics-b8bbef25fb49ee387a7f8d27c8f0ce36|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>
+There have been no executions in Nevada since 2006, in part because of a shortage of drugs used in executions by lethal injection. In April 2021, the Nevada Assembly passed a bill that would have repealed the capital punishment statute. However, the state senate did not act on the matter after Governor [[Steve Sisolak]] said that he believes some crimes deserve the death penalty, suggesting that he would veto the bill.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schulberg|first=Jessica|date=May 13, 2021|title=Nevada Democrats Squander Opportunity To End Death Penalty|work=[[HuffPost]]|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nevada-death-penalty-abolition-bill-stalls_n_609d8d71e4b099ba7534aeb2|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref> The last person executed in the state was convicted murderer [[Daryl Mack]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ritter|first=Ken|date=May 7, 2021|title=Possible Nevada execution date being pushed to late July|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/nevada-executions-las-vegas-mass-shooting-government-and-politics-b8bbef25fb49ee387a7f8d27c8f0ce36|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>
 == Early history ==
 [[Image:Hanging in Nevada.JPG|left|200px|thumb|A hanging that took place in Nevada. Hanging was the method used for most executions before that of [[Gee Jon]] in 1924.]]
-The first recorded [[capital punishment|execution]] in the area that is now [[Nevada]] was the [[hanging]] of John Carr for murdering Bernhard Cherry of [[Carson City]] on November 30, 1860, and the first recorded execution in the Nevada Territory was the hanging of Allen Milstead outside Dayton for killing Lyon County Commissioner T. Varney at Ragtown. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 12 people have been executed by the state. The most recent execution was in 2006, when [[Daryl Mack]] was executed for murder. There are approximately 77 people on [[death row]].<ref name="docnv">{{cite web|url=https://doc.nv.gov/About/Human_Resources/HR_Organization/|title=Department Organization Death Penalty|website=doc.nv.gov}}</ref>
+The first recorded [[capital punishment|execution]] in the area that is now [[Nevada]] was the [[hanging]] of John Carr for murdering Bernhard Cherry of [[Carson City]] on November 30, 1860, and the first recorded legal execution in the Nevada Territory was the hanging of Allen Milstead outside Dayton for killing Lyon County Commissioner T. Varney at Ragtown. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 12 people have been executed by the state. The most recent execution was in 2006, when [[Daryl Mack]] was executed for murder. As of June 2024, There are 51 people on [[death row]] in Nevada prisons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/nv-state-prison-inmate-suicide/|title=Nevada death row inmate commits suicide in Ely State Prison|last=Murphy|first=Vanessa|agency=KLAS-TV}}</ref><ref name="docnv">{{cite web|url=https://doc.nv.gov/About/Human_Resources/HR_Organization/|title=Department Organization Death Penalty|website=doc.nv.gov}}</ref>
 [[Elizabeth Potts]], who was hanged in 1890, was the only woman legally executed in the state, alongside her husband Josiah Potts, for the murder and partial dismemberment of Miles Faucett.<ref name="Rutter2008">{{cite book|last=Rutter|first=Michael|title=Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Old West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqp00i-cP7QC&pg=PA50|accessdate=24 May 2012|date=1 June 2008|publisher=Farcountry Press|isbn=978-1-56037-462-6|pages=50–}}</ref>
-Hanging was the method prescribed by law from 1860 to 1921. The venue of executions moved from the counties to [[Nevada State Prison]] in 1903. In response to [[Mormon]] preferences,<ref name="TheLastGasp-2010">{{cite book|last=Christianson|first=Scott|authorlink=Scott Christianson| title=The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber|url=https://archive.org/details/lastgasprisefall0000chri|url-access=registration|quote=Andriza Mircovich.|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastgasprisefall0000chri/page/62 62]|year=2010|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> the [[Nevada State Legislature]] passed a statute in 1910 that became effective in January 1911,<ref name="MontrealGazette-19120617-shot">{{cite news|title=To Be Shot To Death.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fa40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=94QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3310,5382132&dq=nevada+execution|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|page=1|date=June 17, 1912|accessdate=November 9, 2010}}</ref> allowing condemned prisoners to choose between [[execution by shooting]] or hanging.<ref name="NSLA-Outline">{{cite web |last=Rocha |first=Guy Louis |title=An Outline of Capital Punishment in Nevada |url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=960:an-outline-of-capital-punishment-in-nevada&catid=135:archives-special-features |publisher=Nevada State Library and Archives |accessdate=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722131841/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=960%3Aan-outline-of-capital-punishment-in-nevada&catid=135%3Aarchives-special-features |archivedate=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> On May 14, 1913, [[Andriza Mircovich]] became the only inmate in Nevada to be executed by shooting.<ref name="NSLA-Mircovich">{{cite web|title=Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files: Andriza Mircovich|url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1691&Itemid=95|publisher=Nevada State Library and Archives|accessdate=November 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406062256/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1691&Itemid=95|archivedate=April 6, 2010}}</ref> After the warden of Nevada State Prison was unable to find five men to form a [[execution by firing squad|firing squad]],<ref name="NYTimes-19120812-shoot">{{cite news|title=No One To Shoot Murderer|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/08/12/104903993.pdf|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 12, 1912|accessdate=November 9, 2010}}</ref> a shooting machine was built to carry out Mircovich's execution.<ref name="NevadaLawyer-201006-style">{{cite journal|last=Cafferata |first=Patty |title=Capital Punishment Nevada Style |url=http://www.nvbar.org/Publications/NevadaLawyer/2010/June/capital.htm |work=Nevada Lawyer |publisher=State Bar of Nevada |date=June 2010 |accessdate=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718113236/http://www.nvbar.org/publications/NevadaLawyer/2010/June/capital.htm |archivedate=July 18, 2010 }}</ref> A law in 1921 replaced hanging with the gas chamber, which was used from the 1924 execution of [[Gee Jon]] to the 1979 execution of [[Jesse Bishop]], both at Nevada State Prison.
+Hanging was the method prescribed by law from 1860 to 1921. The venue of executions moved from the counties to [[Nevada State Prison]] in 1903. In response to [[Mormon]] preferences,<ref name="TheLastGasp-2010">{{cite book|last=Christianson|first=Scott|authorlink=Scott Christianson| title=The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber|url=https://archive.org/details/lastgasprisefall0000chri|url-access=registration|quote=Andriza Mircovich.|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastgasprisefall0000chri/page/62 62]|year=2010|isbn=9780520255623 |accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> the [[Nevada State Legislature]] passed a statute in 1910 that became effective in January 1911,<ref name="MontrealGazette-19120617-shot">{{cite news|title=To Be Shot To Death.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fa40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=94QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3310,5382132&dq=nevada+execution|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|page=1|date=June 17, 1912|accessdate=November 9, 2010}}</ref> allowing condemned prisoners to choose between [[execution by shooting]] or hanging.<ref name="NSLA-Outline">{{cite web |last=Rocha |first=Guy Louis |title=An Outline of Capital Punishment in Nevada |url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=960:an-outline-of-capital-punishment-in-nevada&catid=135:archives-special-features |publisher=Nevada State Library and Archives |accessdate=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722131841/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=960%3Aan-outline-of-capital-punishment-in-nevada&catid=135%3Aarchives-special-features |archivedate=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> On May 14, 1913, [[Andriza Mircovich]] became the only inmate in Nevada to be executed by shooting.<ref name="NSLA-Mircovich">{{cite web|title=Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files: Andriza Mircovich|url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1691&Itemid=95|publisher=Nevada State Library and Archives|accessdate=November 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406062256/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1691&Itemid=95|archivedate=April 6, 2010}}</ref> After the warden of Nevada State Prison was unable to find five men to form a [[execution by firing squad|firing squad]],<ref name="NYTimes-19120812-shoot">{{cite news|title=No One To Shoot Murderer|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/08/12/104903993.pdf|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 12, 1912|accessdate=November 9, 2010}}</ref> a shooting machine was built to carry out Mircovich's execution.<ref name="NevadaLawyer-201006-style">{{cite journal|last=Cafferata |first=Patty |title=Capital Punishment Nevada Style |url=http://www.nvbar.org/Publications/NevadaLawyer/2010/June/capital.htm |journal=Nevada Lawyer |publisher=State Bar of Nevada |date=June 2010 |accessdate=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718113236/http://www.nvbar.org/publications/NevadaLawyer/2010/June/capital.htm |archivedate=July 18, 2010 }}</ref> A law in 1921 made the gas chamber the sole means of execution. It was used from the 1924 execution of [[Gee Jon]] to the 1979 execution of [[Jesse Bishop]], both at Nevada State Prison. A total of 32 men were executed by gas chamber in Nevada between this time. Lethal injection became the sole method of execution in Nevada by 1985, starting with the execution of 47 year old [[Carroll Cole|Carroll Edward Cole]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Laura |date=December 6, 1985 |title=Last-minute stay rejected; silent protest outside prison |pages=1A, 9A |work=Reno Gazette-Journal}}</ref>
-The use of cyanide gas in Nevada was used as a plot device in the short story "nevada gas" by [[Raymond Chandler]].<ref>http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__nevada_gas__en.htm ,Nevada Gas, by Raymond Chandler, retrieved 4 September 2017</ref>
+The use of cyanide gas in Nevada was used as a plot device in the short story "[[Nevada Gas]]" by [[Raymond Chandler]].<ref>http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__nevada_gas__en.htm ,Nevada Gas, by Raymond Chandler, retrieved 4 September 2017</ref>
 ==Legal process==
@@ Line 45: / Line 48: @@
 ==Death row==
+{{See also|List of death row inmates in the United States#Nevada}}
-The men's [[death row]] in Nevada is located at [[Ely State Prison]].<ref name="NDOC-ESP">{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.nv.gov/esp/|title=NDOC: Ely State Prison|publisher=[[Nevada Department of Corrections]]|date=April 27, 2010|accessdate=November 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618145549/http://www.doc.nv.gov/esp/|archivedate=June 18, 2009}}</ref> The death row for women is in the [[Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center]] (previously Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center).<ref>"[http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_5a6cdab7-6517-59e3-9d4b-2fc6aff523b3.html Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.is/20120904194312/http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_5a6cdab7-6517-59e3-9d4b-2fc6aff523b3.html |date=September 4, 2012 }}." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[North County Times]]''. January 31, 2005. Retrieved on September 5, 2010. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82549966/ See page] in the ''[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]'', January 31, 2005, p. 10. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
+The men's [[death row]] in Nevada is located at [[High Desert State Prison (Nevada)|High Desert State Prison]].<ref name="NDOC-HDSP">[https://www.ktnv.com/news/inmate-swap-between-ely-state-and-high-desert-state-prisons-completed-ndoc-says]</ref> The death row for women is in the [[Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center]] (previously Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center).<ref>"[http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_5a6cdab7-6517-59e3-9d4b-2fc6aff523b3.html Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120904194312/http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_5a6cdab7-6517-59e3-9d4b-2fc6aff523b3.html |date=September 4, 2012 }}." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[North County Times]]''. January 31, 2005. Retrieved on September 5, 2010. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82549966/ See page] in the ''[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]'', January 31, 2005, p. 10. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
-The [[execution chamber]], which opened in 2016, is located at Ely State Prison.<ref name=Pearcedr>{{cite web|author=Pearce, Ed|url=http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Nevadas-new-death-chamber-will-sit-unused-for-some-time-403684516.html|title=Nevada's new death chamber will sit unused for some time|publisher=[[KOLO-TV]]|date=2016-11-29|accessdate=2017-04-23}}</ref> Prior to 2016, executions by the state of Nevada were still designated to be carried out in the former gas chamber at the otherwise closed [[Nevada State Prison]].<ref name="NDOC-Organization">{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.nv.gov/organization.php|title=NDOC: Organization|publisher=[[Nevada Department of Corrections]]|date=September 22, 2008|accessdate=September 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527223314/http://www.doc.nv.gov/organization.php|archivedate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Due to a lack of elevator access, this gas chamber was not compliant with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]] (ADA). Greg Cox, the director of the [[Nevada Department of Corrections]], stated that he anticipated a legal challenge to carrying out the execution there if an execution date is set.<ref name=Whaley>Whaley, Sean. "[http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/nevada-has-80-death-row-no-place-execute Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6gFeeyy8i?url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/nevada-has-80-death-row-no-place-execute Archive]). ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]''. April 11, 2015. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.</ref>
+The [[execution chamber]], which opened in 2016, is located at [[Ely State Prison]].<ref name=Pearcedr>{{cite web|author=Pearce, Ed|url=http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Nevadas-new-death-chamber-will-sit-unused-for-some-time-403684516.html|title=Nevada's new death chamber will sit unused for some time|publisher=[[KOLO-TV]]|date=2016-11-29|accessdate=2017-04-23}}</ref> Prior to 2016, executions by the state of Nevada were still designated to be carried out in the former gas chamber at the otherwise closed [[Nevada State Prison]].<ref name="NDOC-Organization">{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.nv.gov/organization.php|title=NDOC: Organization|publisher=[[Nevada Department of Corrections]]|date=September 22, 2008|accessdate=September 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527223314/http://www.doc.nv.gov/organization.php|archivedate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Due to a lack of elevator access, this former gas chamber was not compliant with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]] (ADA). Greg Cox, the director of the [[Nevada Department of Corrections]], stated that he anticipated a legal challenge to carrying out the execution there if an execution date is set. That, and the inconvenience of re-opening the prison to conduct an execution at the only place the law allowed, led to the construction of the new execution chamber at Ely and the amendment of the law, making it the new sole place for executions. There was some local humor about the old place of execution being closed because it was unsafe.<ref name=Whaley>Whaley, Sean. "[http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/nevada-has-80-death-row-no-place-execute Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160408001719/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/nevada-has-80-death-row-no-place-execute Archive]). ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]''. April 11, 2015. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.</ref>
 == See also ==
@@ Line 68: / Line 72: @@
 [[Category:Capital punishment in Nevada| ]]
 [[Category:Capital punishment in the United States by state|Nevada]]
-[[Category:Lists of people executed in the United States|Nevada]]
 [[Category:Nevada law]]

v t e Capital punishment in the United States
Jurisdictions	Federal government Military Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Washington, D.C.
Lists of people executed	Federal government Military Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida (pre-1972) Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (pre-1972) Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 2020–present Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming Washington, D.C.
By year	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Scheduled executions
Issues and ethics	Botched executions Death-qualified jury Debate Dual sovereignty doctrine Execution drug shortage Exonerations Juveniles Last meal Participation of medical professionals Race and capital punishment White defendants executed for killing a black victim Wrongful executions
Other	Death row inmates Death Penalty Information Center Most recent executions by state National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Women executed since 1976 Women on death row