State Sens. Nicole Cannizzaro and Melanie Scheible, both Democrats from Las Vegas, work as criminal prosecutors under Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson who not only supports capital punishment, but is actively seeking an execution date for a man convicted of walking into a Las Vegas supermarket and killing four people in 1999.
Neither Cannizzaro, the state Senate Majority Leader, nor Scheible, who chairs the chamber’s Judiciary Committee, have committed to giving the bill a hearing.
Both have hinted the measure would have a better chance of meeting Friday’s crucial bill passage deadline if it were amended to address concerns raised by Gov. Steve Sisolak.
Malcolm and him. ozzie fumo stay with us. sportscaster, jim, your thoughts? well, you know, it s just shocking to hear him say the following words. i wrote this down. no one ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. i have never pulled a weapon on anyone in my life. it gave me chills. he was found guilty. gave me chills, too. he was found guilty in the civil trial. to say that in front of a parole board. i don t know what the parole board is thinking. you have to wonder if somebody outright lied of him and he was convicted in the civil trial of that. i wouldn t think that goes over very well. you know, i was thinking, criminal justice system works. it worked in this case. o.j. was found not guilty by a jury of his peers. from the day of the high speed bronco chase all the way through that trial, i covered that thing, there was a trail of blood from rockingham to bundy. a trail of blood the whole way. never seen that much physical
After that mr. simpson sent him a letter and i found out about that letter, not through mr. simpson, but through ozzie fumo. mr. simpson did authenticate this letter this morning. he indicated that he was the one who wrote this letter and even though it is not dated, he indicated it was probably sent to ozzie within the last five months or so. dear legislator fumo. i was not surprised to hear about your interest in furthering the education and helping prison inmates. i must admit, i have always taken my exposure to education for granted, partly due to my
This to you is because and just kind of surprise mr. simpson with it is because obviously, this is mr. simpson s, what i would consider one of mr. simpson s first opportunities to have clout in the political system of the state of nevada. he pretty much has an in at that point. he has ozzie fumo, who they had an attorney-client relationship with, a very good relationship, and now ozzie is in the assembly. he s in a position of power. and what does mr. simpson do? does he say, ozzie, can i have a better bed? or does he say, ozzie, can you get me can you pull some strings, get me out of here earlier? no. he doesn t do any of that. he uses that clout, the one time he has some clout in the state of nevada, he uses that clout to obtain funding for books and education in this prison. you know, and some of those men, as mr. simpson said, they really
The reason i wanted to read this to you is and just surprise mr. simpson with that is because obviously this is mr. simpson s what i would consider one of his first opportunities to have clout in the political system of the state of nevada. he pretty much as an end at that point. they had an attorney-client relationship and now ozzie is in the assembly, he is in a position of power. what does mr. simpson do? does he say ozzie, can i have a better bad? ozzie, can you pull some strings and get me out of your earlier? he doesn t do any of that. he uses that cloud, the one time he has some clout in the state of nevada, he uses that clout to request funding for books and education in this prison. mr. simpson said some of those men are going to get out and