Condemned killer Scott Dozier, urging his own execution, was back in front of a judge on Tuesday for the first time since he was supposed to die.
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Condemned murderer Scott Dozier doesn’t care if he dies in pain. He just wants to die.
At what likely was his last court appearance, Scott Dozier told a judge Wednesday afternoon, just as he has for more than a year, that he wants officials to carry out his death sentence.
Attorneys representing Scott Dozier have pushed to ensure that his lethal injection is carried out humanely, but after more than an hour of argument on Monday, they told a judge in Las Vegas that they were not asking her to postpone the execution.
Scott Dozier has two months to live, and lawyers for the condemned Nevada inmate are still fighting in court for details about his execution.
Lawyers for condemned Nevada prisoner Scott Dozier told a judge Tuesday that the state still has not revealed critical details of his lethal injection scheduled for November.
The Nevada branch of the American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Friday about the lethal drug cocktail proposed by state prison officials in the planned execution of condemned inmate Scott Dozier.
Lawyers for condemned Nevada prisoner Scott Dozier, who has pushed for his own execution, filed court papers this week to ensure that the death penalty is carried out legally.
A man charged with murder in connection with concrete-encased human remains found in the Lake Mead Recreational Area was ordered held without bail on Tuesday.
A Nevada death row inmate will get a second chance to show that his 1996 double-murder conviction was tainted because the trial judge was under investigation at the time for allegedly taking bribes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
