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Retiring Nevada Legislator Continues to Speak about Capital Costs

By Steve Hall

KRNV-TV reports, "Assemblyman supports moratorium on death penalty in Nevada," by Andrew Del Greco.On the heels of James Michael Biela's murder conviction and death sentence, there are new questions... How long will Biela be on death row until execution, and how much will the process cost the state of Nevada?By state law, Biela will soon get an automatic appeal. After that, he could choose to keep appealing his death sentence, so there's no telling if or when he will be executed. Those appeals, and their costs to the system, are why one state lawmaker from Sparks introduced a bill last year well before the Biela trial began.And:Some legislators say capital cases -- and the number of death sentence appeals that follow -- cost taxpayers millions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).