Nevada


State update

Link to death penalty statute

NRS 200.030-4(a)

Link to execution statute

NRS 176.355

Date death penalty reenacted

July 1, 1973

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Ely (Women: Carson City)

Clemency process

A Panel (includes Gov.) has authority to grant clemency (Gov. must vote in majority). State Leg. may also pass laws suspending the execution of sentences

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

1

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

Roberto Miranda, 1996



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 12


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