LAS VEGAS A federal judge acknowledged Monday that with the proposed date for Nevada s first execution in 15 years to be scheduled for late July, he ll have time to review the state s unannounced lethal injection plan and decide what information about it should be made public. We still need to move quickly because of the proposed date, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware II said.
An execution date is expected to be set for convicted mass murderer Zane Michael Floyd by a state judge on Friday.
Floyd, 45, is fighting his execution for the 1999 shotgun killings of four people and the wounding of a fifth at a Las Vegas supermarket. He lost federal appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take his case.
US judge says he ll have time to hear Nevada execution plan
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1of3This March 2021 photo provided by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows convicted mass murderer Zane Floyd, 45, an inmate at Ely State Prison. Floyd is mounting a range of legal challenges to a bid to schedule his execution in early June, including questioning whether the district attorney in Las Vegas really wants the lethal injection carried out at a decommissioned prison in Carson City. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - This Nov. 10, 2016 file photo released by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows the newly completed execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev. Zane Floyd, a convicted Nevada mass murderer, is mounting a range of legal challenges to a bid to schedule his execution in early June 2021, including questioning whether the district attorney in Las Vegas really wants the lethal inject
US judge says he might block Nevada setting execution date
KEN RITTER, Associated Press
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LAS VEGAS (AP) A federal judge said Thursday he might issue an order to block a bid by prosecutors to have a state judge set a date as early as next month for Nevada’s first execution in 15 years.
U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware II told officials he ll need time to determine if the as-yet-undisclosed drugs and lethal injection process that prison officials want to use to put convicted mass murderer Zane Michael Floyd to death would be constitutionally humane.
The judge made no immediate decision and scheduled another court session Monday after hearing from a chief deputy Nevada attorney general, the state’s prisons chief, newly hired lawyers for Nevada’s top doctor and federal public defenders representing Floyd.
Washoe County s New Plan Would Keep Social Distancing Until June 1
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Washoe County will be Nevada’s only county that won’t assume full local control of COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday. But the district health officer said Thursday many Reno-Sparks businesses would be allowed to operate at full capacity as early as next week under a pending revised plan if they have enough space to still comply with the 6-foot distance requirement.
Kevin Dick expects the county commission to approve the revised plan Monday with state approval to follow quickly. A state task force has approved plans for all other counties.
Visitations were paused last year due to COVID-19 related safety concerns.
“While the 14-month suspension of visiting was necessary to limit the spread of the virus into our facilities, the NDOC recognizes the emotional toll it has taken on the spouses, children and friends of the offenders,” said Charles Daniels, Director of the Nevada Department of Corrections in a prepared statement. “We recognize the importance of the support each family provides to incarcerated individuals. Not only does that connection help offenders cope with their current situation, but also promotes a strengthened healthy family cohesion and leads offenders to a more successful transition back into the community.”