The Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether to grant a new trial for a death row inmate accused of killing his wife in 2006 and cooking her body parts.
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A federal judge issued a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd, who was sentenced to die for fatally shooting four people in a Las Vegas grocery store.
Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd say an untested combination of drugs planned for his lethal injection would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Prosecutors said they could seek capital punishment for three men charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
A grand jury indicted three men with gang ties Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
Prosecutors want Zane Floyd’s lethal injection to be given the week of July 26 inside the execution chamber at Ely State Prison. Floyd killed four people in 1999.
A state court judge denied a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd and agreed to issue an order of execution for July 26.
A judge said he would decide within days whether to sign an order of execution for a man sentenced to die for killing four people inside a Las Vegas grocery store.
Within days, Nevada prison officials could finalize their execution protocol and disclose the lethal injection cocktail planned for the capital punishment of Zane Floyd.