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Nevada should use special session to end state’s most racist and wasteful policy

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Originally published in the Reno Gazette Journal, July 8th By Drew Johnson Do Gov. Steve Sisolak and Nevada’s state lawmakers believe white lives matter more than Black lives? Do they want to continue wasting taxpayers’ hard-earned money? Do they enjoy potentially killing innocent Nevadans? We’ll find out during the special session of the Nevada Legislature, which …

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It’s time to abolish the multi-million-dollar death penalty and reinvest in Nevada

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Originally published in the Nevada Independent* July 7th, 2020 – 2:00am By S. Alex Spelman In the heart of a civil rights movement demanding radical transformation, the abolition of the multi-million-dollar, ineffective, racially skewed death penalty calls out as common sense for this year’s special session. Ending this practice would be a critical step on …

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Urge NV Officials to Cut the costly Death Penalty

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The death penalty in Nevada is costly, ineffective, racially and economically biased, and does nothing to make us safer. Sign our petition to urge Nevada’s officials to end the death penalty here, and please share! A 2014 cost audit commissioned by the Nevada legislature revealed that the average death penalty case costs at least half …

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