While Nevada has struggled to execute a condemned killer who volunteered for his sentence to be carried out and as other parts of the country move away from capital punishment, Clark County jurors handed down the second most death sentences in the United States last year.
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The Jasper Goddard case underscores a debate between prosecutors and public defenders: Does the time and resources it takes to secure the death penalty, and guide it through the appeals process, make the punishment ineffective in some cases?