Drew Johnson |Posted: Apr 24, 2020 12:01 AM As Congress grapples with how to pay for $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 aid, and the nearly $4 trillion federal deficit expected this year, governors and state lawmakers are fighting their own financial battles. The lack of economic activity as a result of coronavirus shutdowns has dried up …
Written by Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS (AP) — A nearly two-year court fight over drugs that Nevada obtained for an execution it never carried out has ended with pharmaceutical companies taking back their expired products and the state accepting refunds, with no clear decision about how a lethal injection could be carried out. A judge …
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By Addie Rolnick, published March 16th, 2020 in the Las Vegas Sun as a guest column. This spring, the Nevada Supreme Court will begin considering whether to ban the death penalty for individuals with severe mental illness. The case before them involves a defendant who has been diagnosed by multiple experts as having schizoaffective disorder. …
